大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 4.13

4.13

Regarding the Commentary's passage from "However, when explaining the ten abodes..." onwards: this is the fourth part, resolving objections. An interlocutor asks: "If expounding the teaching of the ten abodes in Trāyastriṃśa Heaven already pervades space and encompasses the paths of hairs, is it known whether the ten abodes are also expounded in Yāma Heaven and the others? If it is so, what would be the flaw? Both entail faults: if they are not expounded there, then the place of expounding is not pervasive; if they are also expounded there, the places become jumbled and disordered. Why does the sūtra only state that the teaching of the ten abodes is expounded in Trāyastriṃśa, while the ten practices and the rest are expounded in Yāma Heaven?" Therefore, he provides this resolution. Within this there are three parts: first, a general reply to the previous question; second, re-resolving the repeated difficulty; third, from "each and every chapter" onwards, using one to illustrate the rest. In the first part, it is the approach of concealment and disclosure: when one gate is disclosed, the other gates are concealed. For example, taking the ten abodes as the gate, one only says that the ten abodes pervade; taking the ten practices as the gate, one only clarifies that the ten practices pervade, and so forth. Hence it says that because the gates are different, there is also no disorder.