大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 64.71

64.71

Regarding the commentary's phrase "This is framed in terms of two lifetimes" and what follows, it synthesizes the sūtras and treatises. According to the Vijñaptimātratāsiddhi, [the model of] three lifetimes belongs to the Hīnayāna, but here, investigating the sūtra text below, it fully clarifies both meanings. As for "the projecting and the generating mutually pervading": within avidyā and formations there are craving, grasping, and existence; within craving, grasping, and existence there are avidyā and formations; consciousness and the other four resultant [links], as well as birth, old age, and death, are all in the stage of results, both as explained below. As for "provisionally relying on the twelve [links]": this is because they are arranged in sequence in this sūtra, and also because [the author] wishes to encompass both the two-lifetime and three-lifetime [models]. However, taking the sūtra text itself, it should provisionally be divided into five: first, avidyā; second, formations; third, consciousness; fourth, name-and-form; and fifth, jointly explaining the remaining links.