大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 76.16

76.16

Regarding the commentary's "Kindness and compassion are furthermore established upon upāya": this is the text of the subsequent "Chapter on the Appearance [of the Tathāgata]." Hence its verse says: "Just as forests exist based on the earth, / the earth exists based on water and does not decay, / the water wheel is based on wind and wind on space, / while empty space has nothing on which it relies. / All buddhadharmas are based on kindness and compassion, / kindness and compassion are furthermore established upon upāya, / upāya is based on cognition and cognition on wisdom, / and the body of unimpeded wisdom has nothing on which it relies." There it speaks of five layers of mutual dependence; here we only need kindness and compassion relying on upāya. Upāya is precisely the subsequently attained cognition (pṛṣṭhalabdha-jñāna). Kindness and compassion take the subsequently attained cognition as their essence, because it is within subsequently attained cognition that one bestows happiness and relieves suffering.