大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 72.10

72.10

In the Commentary, under “Second, common characteristics,” the treatise also has three parts—namely, listing the names, matching the sūtra, and re-explaining—wholly identical to the preceding. In the text, first, it generally indicates dharma and meaning. Second, from “First, the common characteristic of all dharmas” onward, it separately explains the four meanings. In this first [part on] knowing dharma, the treatise first establishes the name; from the word “means” onward is the Commentary's explanation. The treatise has no re-explanation. In the second, from “Commonly arising and perishing” onward, the Commentary explains the treatise. From “Observing impermanence” onward is the treatise's re-explanation. The treatise fully says: “Among these, entering into the meaning of non-self through the gateway of impermanence constitutes the initial cognitive domain of the second common characteristic.” The text of the Commentary has four [parts]: first, explaining “among these, the gateway of impermanence”; second, from “Gaining entry” onward explains “entering into the meaning of non-self”; third, from “Therefore non-self” onward explains “constitutes the initial cognitive domain of the second common characteristic”; fourth, from “This, then” onward, the Commentary concludes with the principle. If, following the deduction, the gateway of impermanence enters into the initial lack of intrinsic nature, then non-arising and non-perishing are also the meaning of impermanence. Now, in the sūtra, dharma still [signifies] self-nature, which is the permanent; meaning clarifies arising and perishing, which is the impermanent. Therefore, impermanence, arising and perishing, are the functional applications of meaning belonging to the permanent that lacks intrinsic nature. The third, phrasing, and the fourth, eloquence, can be understood accordingly.