大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 7.59

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Regarding the Commentary's passage from "The Nirvāṇa [Sūtra] also says" onward: second, it cites the Nirvāṇa [Sūtra] to clarify that the vehicle and nature mutually complete each other. Not only is it that because there is solely one nature, the one vehicle is preached; the sūtra clarifies that the one nature is itself the one vehicle. That is, the twenty-seventh fascicle says: "Good son, there are two kinds of ultimate: first, ultimate ornamentation; second, final ultimate. First, worldly ultimate; second, supramundane ultimate. Ultimate ornamentation refers to the six pāramitās. Final ultimate refers to the one vehicle attained by all sentient beings; the one vehicle is named Buddha-nature. For this reason, I say that all sentient beings possess Buddha-nature, and all sentient beings truly possess the one vehicle, but because it is obscured by avidyā, they cannot see it themselves." Explanation: Because all possess Buddha-nature, there is solely one vehicle. Furthermore, Buddha-nature is the principle of the emptiness of the supreme meaning; that principle is capable of conveying, which is the meaning of "vehicle." Regarding the Commentary's "The lion's roar is called definitive preaching": this is also from the twenty-seventh fascicle, the "Siṃhanāda" chapter. Explanation: If one does not proclaim that all sentient beings possess Buddha-nature, it is the howling of a jackal; even if one remained in the Buddhadharma for tens of millions of years, one could never make a lion's roar. Regarding the Commentary's passage from "Thirty-three also says" onward: it cites evidence that Buddha-nature is itself the one vehicle; not only is the cause identical, the fruition is also identical. This is also from the "Siṃhanāda" chapter, which explains that the ocean has eight virtues, and below matches each of them; this matches the third meaning, that of a single taste. In the sūtra it merely adds the heading saying "third, a single taste," and the explanation is as in the Commentary text. "One nectar" directly reveals the single taste. Nectar is an analogy for nirvāṇa.