大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 71.45

71.45

Ninth: the dense forest of the three categories [of beings]. Regarding 'The treatise takes it generally as five': among the five, the first distinguishes them in terms of the results of saṃsāra and nirvāṇa; the next two pertain particularly to the causes of saṃsāra; the last two pertain particularly to the causes of nirvāṇa. In the first, it first cites the treatise, and then from 'If non-existent, it is the definitively wrong' onward is the Commentary's explanation. Within this there are three parts: first, correctly explaining the three categories; next, from 'This is based on' onward distinguishes and determines that it is in terms of stages and not in terms of the fundamental nature; finally, from 'Furthermore, in terms of a single life-span' onward distinguishes the Dharma-characteristic school's doctrine of having no [Buddha-]nature.