大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 80.24

80.24

The commentary's 'Fourth, universally pointing to the prior three whose essence and characteristics are quiescent and extinguished' explains the sūtra's 'unconditioned characteristics,' which is 'the essence being free from deficiency and fullness' in the text below. The explanation below says: accomplishment and non-accomplishment are always without increase or decrease, because bodhi is neither characteristic nor non-characteristic. By virtue of being quiescent and extinguished, there is neither deficiency nor fullness; quiescence and extinction are precisely the meaning of having no characteristics. Therefore it cites the Vimalakīrti-sūtra saying 'because of extinguishing all characteristics' to explain quiescence and extinction.