大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 64.48

64.48

Regarding the Commentary's passage from "First, the contemplation of the knowledge of all aspects" downward: In the second [part], separately explaining the expansion and condensation of the three contemplations, the first contemplation has two parts: first, directly clarifying it; second, from "the reason for dividing into three" downward, presenting the reason. Now for the first: the phrase "the first door among the ten" refers to the door of the continuity of the branches of existence. Second, "subsuming half of the second door" refers to subsuming and returning to the one mind. The first half is where the sūtra says: "Sons of the Buddha! This bodhisattva-mahāsattva further has this thought: whatever exists in the three realms is only one mind." Third, "subsuming the remaining eight doors and a half": the half refers, within the second door of one mind, to the section from "the Tathāgata here distinguishes and expounds" downward, continuing through the end of the tenth door.