華嚴法界玄鏡 2.3

2.3

Explanation: Answering regarding phenomena in relation to principle means answering the previous [question]: why, when a single dust particle pervades principle, is it not large, and so forth. Also, the first two phrases directly clarify the characteristics of pervading principle without being large. The first phrase is that a single dust particle pervades principle; the second phrase clarifies that it is not large. Also, the third and fourth phrases directly answer the challenge of mutual contradiction: the third phrase clarifies that a single small dust particle pervades the vast principle, and the fourth phrase clarifies that although it pervades principle, the dust particle is not large. It merely clarifies that phenomena and principle are neither identical nor different, two meanings difficult to penetrate.