大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 65.5

65.5

First is the branch of ignorance. The Commentary text has three parts: first, analyzing the derivation of the name, meaning to clarify the sequence; second, reconciling the treatise and the sūtra; third, setting forth the essence and characteristics of ignorance. Now, first, analyzing the name. From 'However, the twelve' onward, it resolves a difficulty: Why does ignorance exclusively receive the designation of 'delusion'? Later, from 'Yet ignorance' onward, the answer is revealing and readily understood. As for 'meaning to clarify the sequence,' the Yogācāra asks: 'Due to what causes and conditions do the branches such as ignorance have such a sequence? Answer: All those who are ignorant must first be ignorant regarding things that should be known, and next they initiate wrong conduct regarding them,' and so forth. This ignorance, in terms of a person being deluded about principle, arises horizontally from emptiness.