大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 66.41

66.41

In the fourth, "Non-relinquishment," under the commentary's "First, the characteristic truth," there are two parts: first, explaining one's own cause; second, explaining the sūtra text. In the former, there are two parts: first, pointing to the preceding section, where the commentary states, "That which arises only from avidyā into saṃskāras and so on is termed 'one's own cause'"; second, from "Furthermore, the treatise states 'the contemplation of one's own cause'" downwards, quoting the treatise to explain at length. Within this, there are also two parts: first, stating the premise; second, explaining it from "namely, free from the preceding link" downwards. Now, the first is the treatise master's introductory text. The quotation of the treatise is not exhaustive: below this, it further says, "What are the causes and conditions of avidyā and so forth? It is because saṃskāras are continuously assisted to completion." The explanation is: this is the treatise author first citing the subsequent sūtra to explain and establish one's own cause; being straightforward, it was not quoted. From "Furthermore, together with" downwards, it is explained at length. The meaning being identical, it is abbreviated and not quoted. However, regarding the self-generative cause of avidyā and so forth, "contemplation" is the meaning of "one's own" (sva-), and the two characters "conditioned event" are the meaning of "cause" (hetu).