大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 47.4

47.4

Third, the gāthās of praise. In the commentary, from "Generally revealing that dedication does not go beyond compassion and wisdom" downward, the overall text is divided into four: first, indicating [the topic]; second, from "namely compassion" downward, jointly setting forth that compassion and wisdom both hold the meaning of vajra; third, from "seventy-eight" downward, citing the text proving that compassion attains [the nature of] vajra; fourth, from "Therefore we know that vajra" downward, concluding with a criticism, because masters of both present and past all used vajra as a metaphor only for prajñā. From "Failing to examine in the text" downward, it substantiates the aforementioned mistake. For the *Vajracchedikā Sūtra* contains both compassion and wisdom as vajra. That sūtra says: "The Buddha addressed Subhūti: 'All bodhisattva-mahāsattvas should thus subdue their minds: As for all types of sentient beings, whether born from eggs, born from a womb, born from moisture, or born miraculously; whether with form or formless; whether with perception, without perception, or neither with nor without perception, I shall cause them all to enter nirvāṇa without remainder and be saved (compassionately saving the nine types). Having thus saved immeasurable, incalculable, boundless sentient beings, in reality not a single sentient being has been saved' etc. (great wisdom having nothing to save)." Therefore the commentary concludes: "the dual operation of compassion and wisdom".