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註華嚴經題法界觀門頌 1.288

註華嚴經題法界觀門頌 1.288

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功夫不到不方圓,言語不通非眷屬。義曰:前門約境,境相無實歸於真空,故云顯理也。此門約心,心非斷滅不異幻色,故云顯解也。《觀》云「四真空即幻色故,凡是真空必不異色,非斷滅故。」

If effort does not arrive, things are neither square nor round; / If language does not communicate, they are not of the family.
The meaning is: The previous gate concerned the object: the object's characteristics have no reality and return to true emptiness; hence it was called 'manifesting principle.' This gate concerns the mind: the mind is not annihilated and is not different from illusory form; hence it is called 'manifesting understanding.' The Contemplation says: 'Fourth, because true emptiness is identical to illusory form, whatever is true emptiness is necessarily not different from form, because it is not annihilated.'

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