大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 64.32

64.32

On the commentary passage beginning with "Now, among the first three": for now, it explains the three compassions of the contemplating [mind]. The commentary's text has three parts: first, it directly explains the text; second, it reveals the sequence; third, it analyzes the doors of meaning. In the first part, from "Because, although identical to the contemplation of omniscient knowledge" onwards, it explains the treatise's direct explanation of the character 'excellence'. If there were no great compassion, it would be identical to the two vehicles; now, having it, it is excellent. As for "the contemplation of omniscient knowledge": that is, the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā uses "all-knowledge" for the śrāvakas, "knowledge of the aspects of the path" for the bodhisattvas, and "all-aspect knowledge" for the Tathāgata. This, then, horizontally correlates the Mahāyāna and Hīnayāna, cause and effect, to distinguish these three different categories. That the Buddha contemplates the transmigration across the three periods of time with all-knowledge uses the meaning of the sūtra below to explain the treatise's phrase "not abandoning past, present, and future". Its "revulsion against the conditioned" is the name of the contemplation in the treatise below; this contemplation is established based on great compassion taking the lead. From "Yet with great compassion" onwards, it directly explains the meaning of excellence.