大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 70.55

70.55

Regarding the Commentary's statement, "This means that all karmas without outflows have no vipāka (maturation)," and so forth: because they have no white maturation, they are called "not white"; because their essence is not defiled, they are called "not black." Here, since it is readily understood that being without outflows means not being defiled, it merely says "they have no maturation." However, the Abhidharmakośa says: "This word 'not white' is not stated with covert intention (sandhāya-bhāṣita), for in the Mahāśūnyatā-sūtra the Buddha addressed Ānanda: 'All dharmas beyond training (aśaikṣa-dharma) are purely good and purely white, wholly free from fault.'" Explanation: Since it speaks of "purely white," it is clear that saying "not white" is an intentional statement. In order to complete the four propositions, it provides the term "not white." Hence the Commentary says, "Establishing the name of double negation in contrast to the above two karmas, black and white." If one follows the Abhidharmasamuccaya-vyākhyā, it only speaks of "neither-black-nor-white karma" without the two "not" (double negative) characters; thus that treatise says: "'Not black' means being free from the defilement of the kleśas; 'white' means being wholly pure." However, regarding the above four karmas: the first two are established across both cause and result as "black-black" and "white-white"; the third is established solely in reference to the cause; the fourth is also established across both cause and result, the cause explaining "not black" and the result explaining "not white."