大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 34.3

34.3

Regarding the commentary's passage beginning "Fascicle seven of the Samuccaya states that all afflictions" and so on: resolving an objection. Question: Since they are already distinguished into root and secondary afflictions, why are all called "secondary" (upakleśa)? Hence this resolution is provided. That treatise says: "'Secondary afflictions' means that all afflictions are secondary afflictions, and there are secondary afflictions that are not [root] afflictions." Exegesis: Those that are "not [root] afflictions" are things like wrath, which merely follow the root afflictions and are called secondary afflictions; not being root, they are called not [root] afflictions. And greed, anger, and ignorance are called secondary afflictions because, through these secondary afflictions, mental factors consequently afflict the mind, causing it not to leave defilement, not to attain liberation, and not to sever obstacles; hence they are called secondary afflictions. As the World-Honoured One said: 'For a long night you have been afflicted and disturbed by greed, anger, and ignorance, your minds constantly defiled.' Exegesis: The treatise's intention is that all root and secondary afflictions pursue sentient beings and cause the mind and mental factors to accord with defilement; hence all are called "secondary/accompanying." Therefore the commentary says, "because they arise following the other." "The other" is sentient beings; because afflictions follow beings, beings follow afflictions. This is precisely the sūtra's meaning, namely that the minds of practitioners follow greed and the like.