大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 82.13

82.13

Regarding the Commentary's "mindfulness, ideation, and observation are eliminated": this is a passage from the Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa. The text says: "Prajñāpāramitā / Is the real dharma, not inverted; / Mindfulness, ideation, and observation have been eliminated, / And the dharma of spoken words is also extinguished; / Immeasurable multitudes of offenses are eliminated, / And the pure mind is ever unified. / Such an exalted and wondrous person / Is then able to see prajñā." That is it. 'Mindfulness, ideation, and observation are eliminated' is said in terms of internal wisdom: one does not receive external cognitive objects, seeing visible forms as if blind, and so forth. And saying 'skillful' does not mean skillfulness in engaging in affairs; not conceptualizing and not receiving is simply the skillfulness of entering into principle.