大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 64.85

64.85

On the commentary passage from “Second, in order to show that which came before” onwards: this clarifies two lifetimes in one time, and discriminates the links that can generate and those that are generated. Herein there are six parts: 1. Briefly setting forth; 2. Citing treatises for proof and establishment; 3. Harmonizing disparate explanations; 4. Concluding with the correct doctrine; 5. Incidental inclusion of alternative methods; 6. Directly explaining in accordance with the text. Now for the first, there are three points: first, it marks the ten causes as generating two results. Second, from “Name-and-form stands at the beginning” onwards, it resolves an objection. That is, someone asks: If they generate the two results, one should speak of generating birth, aging, and death; why does it speak of generating the sprout of name-and-form? It answers: In order to reveal the distinctive characteristics of the two future results, the five are spoken of in sequence; hence consciousness resides in the seed, and so name-and-form merely stands at the beginning. Third, from “Namely, by means of the preceding mind and so forth” onwards, it briefly discriminates in terms of the sūtra, which will be fully treated separately below.