華嚴發菩提心章 1.144

1.144

第九多事存泯門，然多望一既攝他、廢自，相是、存亡亦有十義。一、以多有攝一同己，故多存也。二、以多有廢自同一，故多泯也。三、以前二義不相離，故存泯雙現。四、形奪俱盡，故雙非也。五、以非不攝一，同多無以廢，多同一是，故存即泯也。六、非不同一，無以攝一，故泯即存也。七、由存即泯，故有泯；由泯即存，故有存。二義不相離，故存泯、泯存俱現前也。八、由存無不泯，故非存；由泯無不存，故非泯。二義形奪兩亡，故俱非也。九、由八義同位相順，法體方立，是故圓通無礙，俱現前也。十、由前諸義各互相奪，定取不得，是故無不超絕。挺然無寄，唯證相應也。會意思之。

Ninth, the gate of preservation and cessation of multiple phenomena. Now, when the many are viewed in relation to the one, since there is gathering the other and discarding oneself, mutual identity, and preservation and cessation, this also has ten meanings. First: because the many gather the one to be identical with oneself, the many are preserved. Second: because the many discard themselves to be identical with the one, the many are eradicated. Third: because the preceding two meanings are not separated from each other, preservation and cessation both appear. Fourth: mutually contrasting and negating are both exhausted; hence both are negated. Fifth: because not failing to gather the one to be identical with the many means there is no discarding the many to be identical with the one; thus, being preserved is precisely being eradicated. Sixth: not failing to be identical with the one means there is no gathering the one; thus being eradicated is precisely being preserved. Seventh: because preserved is precisely eradicated, there is eradication; because eradicated is precisely preserved, there is preservation. The two meanings are not separated from each other; hence preserved-eradicated and eradicated-preserved appear together. Eighth: because being preserved is never not eradicated, it is not preserved; because being eradicated is never not preserved, it is not eradicated. The two meanings mutually contrast and negate, both being lost; hence both are negated. Ninth: because the eight meanings are in the same state and mutually accordant, the substance of the dharma is established; therefore, it is completely interfused and unobstructed, appearing together. Tenth: because the preceding meanings mutually negate one another and cannot be definitively seized upon, there is none that is not transcendent. Standing independently without reliance, it is realized only in awakening. Understand the meaning and contemplate it.