維摩經略疏垂裕記 10.67
English (machine translation) 10.67
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10.67
Second, from 'further, duality' below, explaining according to the contrast between delusion and awakening, in two parts: first, eliminating delusion to designate duality. Second, from 'now clarifying' below, explaining non-duality according to awakening, in two parts: first, properly designating according to dharma. 'Not relying... duality' means relinquishing the two extremes. 'Nor... non-duality' means not clinging to the middle way. Below 'nor,' 'lacking' (lí) should be 'relying' (yī), an error in character. From 'doubly relinquishing' below, it explains the preceding two lines. As for 'and the extreme of non-duality,' Jingxi says: 'Relinquishing attachment to the middle way; that is, what was stated above as also not relying on the non-duality of birth-and-death and nirvāṇa.' As for 'this principle of the middle way is named a gate,' it reveals that the teaching is indeed the principle entered. As for 'entering the non-dual Dharma gate,' entering is that which contemplates, and the non-dual Dharma gate of the threefold contemplation is that which is contemplated. In the three truths there are no objects outside the mind, hence it is called non-dual. What can serve as a model is called dharma, and what penetrates and reaches is called gate; one should use this brief [summary] to encompass all the broad [explanations].
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