華嚴法界玄鏡 1.35

1.35

The Commentary states: This also has three [parts]: first, the statement. In the explanation, it first eliminates identity and detachment, clarifying that true emptiness is not identical to the characteristics of form: saying "emptiness is not identical to form" directly eliminates excessive identity, which corresponds to "the characteristics of form are not true emptiness" in the previous contemplation of reducing form to emptiness. Afterwards, "yet the principle that is not blue and yellow must not be different from blue and yellow" clarifies that emptiness that is not identical to form is also not entirely outside of form, which corresponds to the previous "nor is there an essence detached from characteristics." Second, regarding eliminating confused thoughts: it eliminates taking emptiness as existence; since the principle of emptiness is not blue and yellow, how could it be existence? This corresponds to the previous "true emptiness is not the existence of characteristics." Third, from "It is precisely because…" downward is the conclusion. Adducing the correctness of non-difference, it concludes the previous attachment of excessive identity.