大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 78.50

78.50

Regarding the Commentary's statement from "First, generally revealing the meaning and names of the two chapters..." downward, the text of the Commentary has two parts: first, explaining in terms of uniformity; second, explaining in terms of manifestation. In the former there are also two parts: first, explaining why it is uniform in terms of commonly returning to a single principle. "Relying on the nature to give rise to cultivation" pertains to the cause; "giving rise to function" pertains to the fruit; "the exhaustion of characteristics" is identical to the real; hence they are uniform. Second, from "Furthermore, the cause is the cause of the fruit..." downward, explaining in terms of the mutual interpenetration of the two matters; hence it is called uniform. Because it is the cause of not abandoning upon attaining the fruit, it is said that "the cause is the cause of the fruit"; because it is the fruit of giving rise to fruit relying on the fruit, it is said that "the fruit is the fruit of the fruit." Like the empty dharmadhātu, the two texts mutually reflect and abbreviate.