請觀音經疏闡義鈔 3.18
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3.18
As for "if specifically correlated" and so forth: this shows the fault of specific correlation. In "the dharmakāya is universally termed wisdom", "wisdom" should be a scribal error for the character "incense" (xiang), because the Huayan uses the fivefold dharmakāya universally as an analogy for incense. In "how could it lack samādhi?", the fivefold [dharmakāya] contains the samādhi-kāya; hence this shows the fault of having incense solely symbolize wisdom. The "seven purities" are: first, purity of morality; second, purity of mind; third, purity of view; fourth, purity of overcoming doubt; fifth, purity of discernment; sixth, purity of practice; and seventh, purity of nirvāṇa. These seven are called the seven awakening pure flowers. The Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra says: "The water of samādhi is limpid and still, fully strewn with the seven pure flowers." Morality is the training in morality; mind is the training in samādhi; the remaining five are the training in wisdom. In "how could it lack wisdom?", this shows the fault of having flowers solely symbolize samādhi. From "yet specifically" onward, it concludes with a rebuke. The Buddha's words symbolize universally; how could one properly correlate them specifically? From "therefore it is said" onward, it adduces proof, which is not yet clear.
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