新華嚴經論 34.3

34.3

一示善知識所居方面者，何故令往南方？以明託方隅而表法。以南為正、為离、為明，以离中虛。以中虛故，离為明、為日、為九天，在身為頭、為目、為心。心達虛無，智日自明，故取之像表其道也。是故經云「明鍊十方一切儀式主方神」。方者法也，但取其法大像無方，如日行於天、明麗於地，智行於空、明麗於萬物，無不知、無不明。取之一法，十方混然。

First, regarding the indication of the direction in which the kalyāṇamitra dwells: why is he made to go to the south? It is to illuminate that relying on a directional quarter represents the Dharma. The south is correctness, is the Li trigram, is radiance, because the center of Li is empty. Because its center is empty, Li is radiance, the sun, and the nine heavens; in the body it is the head, the eyes, and the mind. When the mind penetrates emptiness and nonexistence, the sun of wisdom is naturally bright; hence this image is taken to represent the Way. Therefore the sūtra says: 'the direction-ruling deity who brightly refines all rituals of the ten directions'. A 'direction' is the Dharma; it merely takes the principle that the Great Image has no fixed direction, just as the sun moves in the sky and radiance adheres to the earth, or as wisdom moves in emptiness and radiance adheres to the myriad things: there is nothing not known, nothing not illuminated. Grasping this single Dharma, the ten directions are interfused.