大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 63.40

63.40

On the commentary's "cannot be destroyed by wind and the like": the sūtra says "cannot be destroyed by conditions such as wind and rain." Unlike the light of fire, where blowing wind and drenching rain can extinguish it into nonexistence, here the blowing of the wind does not interrupt it, and the washing of rain only leaves it brighter. In saying "and the like," other lights cannot overpower it, unlike the stars and moon being eclipsed by the sun's light. In the correspondence: the lower grounds not equaling it corresponds to the other jewels above not equaling it; Māra corresponds to the wind; afflictions correspond to the rain. In the specific practices of the ground, because one cultivates the factors of enlightenment without abandoning sentient beings, empathy and cooperation are especially prominent. In the fruit of receiving karmic reward, "destroying the view of self in sentient beings" is because one destroys subtle views oneself. The rest can be understood by analogy with the preceding. The fourth ground is concluded.