大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 31.45

31.45

Regarding the commentary’s “Second, the metaphor of great fire [illustrates] the second and third pairs,” this is also an interlocking sequence. The second pair was already used above, but now it is illustrated again—namely, feeling does not know retribution, and retribution does not know feeling; and mind does not know feeling, and feeling does not know mind. “Answering the preceding [objections on] the sense faculties and receiving rebirth” answers the two objections above. Because the question above asked: “Since the mind-nature is one, why does one see the completeness and deficiency of the sense faculties and the sameness and difference of receiving rebirth?” therefore it now answers: the completeness and deficiency of the sense faculties and the sameness and difference of receiving rebirth are all due to the seeds in consciousness. Experiencing the retribution that is experienced also depends upon the mind, just as fire depends upon fuel.