大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 33.78

33.78

Regarding the commentary's phrase "practice has diligence and indolence" and so on: it first answers the first meaning, comprising six pairs in all, which concisely summarize the metaphors below. Diligence and indolence is the overarching idea. "Obstacles have shallowness and depth" corresponds to the metaphor of wet firewood. "Capacities have unripeness and ripeness" also corresponds to the metaphor above and the metaphor of drilling for fire; resting repeatedly before it is hot is due to unripened capacity. "Conditions have completeness and deficiency" corresponds to the three metaphors below of seeking fire while lacking conditions. "Efficacy has thickness and thinness" corresponds to the three metaphors below of the tip of a hair.