大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 6.40

6.40

Regarding the commentary's "However, when the above five periods, etc., are definitively fixed in terms of time, there are discrepancies..." and so forth, this is the third part: concluding the assessment of compatibility and incompatibility. The above concludes the preceding incompatibilities. The word "etc." encompasses the four, three, and two periods. As for the commentary's "Discarding the indeterminate and speaking from the majority portion also has reason in it," this concludes the compatibility. Because of two reasons, it conforms to principle: first, by discarding the indeterminate, there is no error of definitive temporal fixation, and it does not contradict sūtras such as the Guhyaka; second, speaking from the majority portion does not contradict the doctrine they themselves established. Therefore, there is reason in it.