大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 47.40

47.40

Regarding the commentary statement, "Or both high and both low": this briefly forms four propositions. When a Buddha manifests as a Buddha, the root and trace are both high; when a bodhisattva manifests as a bodhisattva, the root and trace are both low. Within bodhisattvas, looking at one another in terms of stages, there is also high and low, as can be known. Regarding the commentary statement, "The above is also the cause of the practice of offering": this is the explanation above of the reason for provisional manifestations. Because of the power of the tathāgatagarbha and so forth, it causes the practice of offering to reach; hence it is the cause.