大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 69.71

69.71

In the Commentary under "seven, knowing the dharmakāya", the text has two parts: first, it generally eliminates confusion, meaning that the sixth cognitive body and this dharmakāya are weighed and evaluated in contrast to the cognitive body and dharmakāya among the ten bodies of the Tathāgata's body above. Then, from "the text has five" onward, it explains them individually. Regarding "first, the dharmakāya": previously, among the buddhas, one took phenomena; here, among phenomena, one takes the buddha—the approaches are each different. From "distinguishing principle from phenomena" onward, it wards off an objection. The objection says: If it is the equal dharmakāya, it should be called an object known by ultimate-truth cognition. Therefore, this answer is given: because ultimate-truth cognition is free from conceptual differentiation, it is just like contemplating non-established truth on the path of seeing of characteristics, which nevertheless is encompassed within subsequent cognition.