大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 51.4

51.4

Regarding the commentary's "The first sentence establishes the thesis": this means that although one skillfully cultivates correct karma, one knows that the nature of karma is empty. The syllogistic formulation is: Correct karma is the subject (dharmin); being unimpeded between emptiness and existence is the property to be proved (sādhyadharma); the reason (hetu) is "because being established through conditions is just being devoid of intrinsic nature"; the homogeneous example (dṛṣṭānta) is "like an illusion." An illusory phenomenon is born from conditions, and emptiness and existence do not obstruct each other. Correct karma is born from conditions, and like that illusory phenomenon, they do not obstruct each other.