華嚴經旨歸 1.70

1.70

Question: "What is the difference between this and the previous Host-and-Companion Sūtra?" Answer: "Briefly, there are three differences: First, the phrases and sentences of the previous sūtra are necessarily the same as the host's, whereas here this is not so. Second, that one necessarily integrates the ten directions in simultaneous expounding, whereas here this is also not so. Third, that sūtra also possesses the sense of being a host, whereas here this is also not so. Therefore, that sūtra is both host and companion, named the Host-and-Companion Sūtra; this one is solely companion and not host, named the Retinue Sūtra. They differ from one another and are merely divided into two categories."