華嚴法界玄鏡 1.63

1.63

Explanation: In explaining these four propositions of viewing phenomena from principle, the first two directly clarify the characteristics of pervading the dust particle and not being small: the first proposition pervades the dust particle, and the second proposition is not being small. The third and fourth propositions completely respond to the challenge. The sense of the challenge said: Pervading a dust particle and not being small are two mutually contradictory meanings; how can they be reconciled? Now the third proposition clarifies that the great principle pervades and is within a single dust particle; the fourth proposition clarifies that although it pervades, it is not small, for having no boundaries or limits means it is not small. That is, it dually answers both the challenge using pervasion of a dust particle against non-smallness and the challenge using non-smallness against pervasion of a single dust particle. Although the challenge has two parts, it is merely a single mutual pervasion.