大般涅槃經義記 6.43

6.43

Among the eight kinds of knowledge and vision, first general, then specific. "With respect to all dharmas, both seeing and knowing" is the general. Within it, they are distinguished briefly through two approaches: first, explaining the meaning of the identity and difference between knowledge and vision; second, clarifying the distinction in how knowledge and vision apprehend dharmas. Regarding identity and difference: broadly interpreted, knowing and seeing are one; when distinguished, they are different.