大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 82.24

82.24

Regarding the Commentary's text from "Two, the immeasurable aids to the path" downward: the commentary has four parts: 1. Showing identity with the preceding text. However, that text has three parts: first, the antidote to superior conceit; second, the superiority of the practice of the non-abiding path; third, the superiority of its fruit. The ten equalities above are the antidote to conceit regarding other grounds; the path according with thusness is the antidote to conceit regarding one's own ground; both belong to the first part. The present text comprises the second and third parts. 2. From "Through cognition tallying with thusness" downward explains and establishes the meaning of the non-abiding path, directly following the previous explanation of the correct path. 3. From "Now, by means of perfect fusion" downward resolves an objection and establishes the explanation. The objection asks: Here they are aids to the path; how can they be the practices within the superiority of the practice of the non-abiding path, etc.? Thus the answer states: They are both the correct path and the aids to the path. Hence within the aids to the path there is the correct path, so they can be combined into the non-abiding path. 4. From "However, the correct path does not change with phenomena" downward, another question asks: Since both are mutually pervasive, why are they divided into two names in the sūtra? Thus the answer states: Although they are mutually pervasive, within the text they have already secretly distinguished them, thereby showing that the text has already secretly used emptiness and the like in common, revealing the meaning of mutual pervasion. Not concealing them along with phenomena reveals the meaning of their distinction.