大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 86.10

86.10

Regarding the commentary's phrase "Third, in matching it to a phantom": this is only a common analogy. The exclusive analogy of the new sūtra says: "Furthermore, one knows one's own mind to be like an illusionist's art, and knows all buddhas to be like what is made by illusion. That is, only when there is an illusory dharma is there an illusory phenomenon. Without the mind capable of recollection, there is no Buddha seen." In the commentary, the three contemplations are fully revealed: first, the contemplation of emptiness; next, from "yet it is not without illusory marks" downward, the contemplation of the conventional; finally, from "to properly make an analogy" downward, the contemplation of the middle way.