大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 26.49

26.49

Regarding the commentary's statement, "Exhausting the dust motes of the ocean, one mote containing one kṣetra, already has the meaning of subsumption," this is because the sūtra states, "Within each world-ocean, there are as many worlds as dust motes in a world-ocean, without difference." This means that within one world-ocean, there are still as many worlds as dust motes in a world-ocean, which amounts precisely to the meaning that one dust mote is one world. This single phrase alone already reveals interfused subsumption, successfully establishing the explanation of the meaning of non-difference. If one were to discuss non-difference merely by viewing world in relation to world, non-difference would be quite minimal; now, among the ten phrases, each and every phrase has dust motes of a world-ocean, so within a single ocean there already exist ten world-ocean dust-mote numbers of non-difference. Therefore, they must be interfused and subsumed. Reflect upon this.