大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 82.34

82.34

Regarding the commentary’s section beginning with "Among the latter five," it explains the latter five eyes. The phrase "its meaning encompasses both the Dharma and wisdom [eyes]" means that fundamental wisdom is the wisdom eye, and by subsuming subsequently attained wisdom, it encompasses both Dharma and wisdom. Furthermore, that which knows is wisdom, and that which is known is Dharma. As for the "eye that transcends birth and death," this is also the former wisdom eye, because the wisdom eye sees principle. Explaining the unobstructed eye, it first clarifies it directly, and then, from "in order not to destroy characteristics" onward, resolves an objection. The objection asks: If so, one eye would be sufficient; why speak of ten? Therefore, it provides this resolution. In explaining the omniscient eye, the statement "this is the universal eye" means that the names differ but the essence is one. In the Jin translation it is called the universal eye, which is the comprehensive meaning of the Buddha eye. The universal eye has briefly three meanings: (1) seeing universal dharmas; (2) universally seeing all dharmas; (3) that which is seen is itself the eye. Using the first two meanings to illustrate the third is fully explained in the "Chapter on Vairocana." If according to the Faxiang school, the five eyes below the Buddha eye are all subsumed under the Buddha eye, and the omniscient eye is itself the Buddha eye.