大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 90.21

90.21

Regarding the commentary's remark, "Fourth, there are fifteen verses" and so on: in terms of the sūtra, it is attaining the Buddha's equality. In the commentary, it is divided into four: First, establishing the name of the virtue according to Asaṅga. Next, from "meaning because of the Buddhas..." is that treatise's explanation of the Buddhas having equality in three matters, which are the "two identicals" cited in the commentary. Next, from "therefore the former sūtra states..." points to the sūtra, namely the beginning of the chapter "Transcending the World," because that passage fully provides the names of the twenty-one kinds of virtues. Next, from "likewise agreeing with the Mahāyānasaṃgraha..." cites other treatises for synthetic explanation. Concluding with "this explanation is already wondrous": masters of old did not know that this was the twenty-one virtues, nor did they know that this was the Buddha's equality; they merely said that the Tathāgata conceals and reveals according to capacity, suddenly listing the Buddhas without knowing why. Now, stating that it reveals the Buddha's equality, and therefore extensively listing the Buddhas as all mutually pervasive—how could this not be wondrous?