華嚴發菩提心章 1.100

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五、以理奪事門，謂事既攬理成，遂令事相皆盡，唯一真理平等顯現，以離真理外無片事可得故。如水奪波，波無不盡，此則水存已，壞波令盡。

Fifth is the gate of principle annulling phenomena, which means that since phenomena are formed by gathering principle, phenomenon-characteristics are completely dissolved, and only the single true principle is equally revealed, because apart from the true principle not a fraction of a phenomenon can be found. It is like water annulling waves so that waves are completely dissolved; here, when water is preserved, waves are destroyed to the end.