大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 89.44

89.44

In the commentary on the forty-second [syllable], 'ḍha' (陀, lengthened), in the text it first explains the meaning, and then from 'meaning this ultimate...' downward correlates it with the sūtra. From 'However, the new translation...' downward, it reconciles the sounds of the sūtra's syllables, which is the alternative translation by Xingshan. The Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa states: 'If one hears the syllable ḍha (茶), one immediately knows that all phenomena are definitely ungraspable, because dhruva (彼茶) here means definitive.' The explanation says: It is solely arriving at the ultimate that is definitely ungraspable. In the Prajñāpāramitā, by having nothing to attain, one attains bodhi. Moreover, in terms of expressing stages, this forty-second corresponds to wondrous awakening. Therefore the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā states: 'Entering through the syllable-door ḍha, one knows the ultimate limit of all phenomena.' The Guangzan states: 'This door of ṭa is the ultimate limit of all phenomena, exhausting their locations, without birth and without death, and without an agent'—all of which are the intention of bodhi. If considered in terms of achieving right awakening upon the initial arousal of the mind, then the beginning is a and the final is ḍha.