華嚴經義海百門 1.25
華嚴經義海百門 1.25
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1.25
五、無自他者,謂塵是緣,為他也;心是因,為自也。今心不自心,必待於緣,既由緣始現,故知無自性也。又塵不自塵,亦待於心,既由心方現,故知無他性也。又一切法皆不自生,亦不他生,故無自他也。今言自他者,非別異見,自是他自、他是自他,自他一際,自在說也。論云「自性亦不有,他性亦復無。」
Fifth, having neither self nor other: this means that the dust mote is the condition, which is the "other"; the mind is the cause, which is the "self." Now the mind is not self-caused as mind, but must depend on conditions; since it first manifests by means of conditions, one therefore knows that it lacks intrinsic nature. Furthermore, the dust mote is not self-caused as a dust mote, but also depends on the mind; since it manifests only by means of the mind, one therefore knows that it lacks an other-nature. Moreover, all phenomena are neither self-produced nor other-produced, and therefore there is neither self nor other. Now speaking of "self" and "other" is not a view of distinct difference: the self is the self of the other, and the other is the other of the self; self and other are of a single realm, spoken of with sovereign ease. The treatise says: "Intrinsic nature does not exist, nor does other-nature exist either."
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