大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 64.18

64.18

Regarding the commentary's "these then are the four propositions" onward: this is the concluding praise. That is, above, it eliminates the four propositions, and furthermore borrows 'neither' to eliminate 'both,' without establishing 'neither.' Now it takes 'both' to eliminate 'neither,' without establishing 'both'; although it eliminates the four propositions, it does not destroy the four propositions, because preservation and extinction are unobstructed. Therefore, it concludes: "The hundred negations and four propositions—all views are completely severed." Master [Hui]yuan, however, had only the initial section of eliminating the three and converging into the one. He said: "This is broadly the same as the eleven emptinesses in the Nirvāṇa [Sūtra]. There too, the first eight use emptiness to eliminate existence, the ninth single emptiness uses existence to eliminate non-existence, and the tenth, the emptiness of emptiness, eliminates both existence and non-existence." The great emptiness there is discussed in terms of emptiness and reality, which is also one valid principle. The meaning of the eleven emptinesses will be explained below.