大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 44.34

44.34

On the commentary passage "Second, in terms of currently cultivating the two practices of self and other": that is, because of real speech, whatever is undertaken is accomplished. As the thirty-first [fascicle] of the *Nirvāṇa [Sūtra]* explains: In the past, I entered the sea with Devadatta to gather jewels. After our ship was wrecked, neither of the two died. Devadatta wept sorrowfully, and as I had two jewels, I shared one with him. Coveting the other jewel as well, he then pierced my eyes. When I was groaning, a woman asked me, and I answered her completely. The woman asked, saying, "What is your name?" I then replied, saying, "My name is Real Speech." She said, "Who will believe you?" I then replied, saying, "If I bear no malice toward Devadatta, let both my eyes be restored as before." Having spoken, they were as before. The ṛṣi of patience is also analogous to this, appearing in the same fascicle. Furthermore, being able to practice as one speaks is also "speech as it is"; being able to speak as one practices is "non-deviating speech".