註華嚴經題法界觀門頌 2.289

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窮得根源妙，隨流任算沙；隨流方得妙，住岸却迷人。此頌窮究觀門，精妙解達理事圓通，似枝枝而得本、如派派而逢源，何妨演教度生，豈礙分別名相？或逢上士，直指圓融之心；遇中下流，曲示行布之教。隨流得妙，從他入海算沙；徹法深根，就彼尋枝摘葉。運三觀無礙之智，盡䈇群機；與同體一極之悲，皆歸溥融之玄道。

"Having fathomed the wonder of the root source, / Follow the current and let them count the grains of sand; / Only by following the current does one attain the wonder; / Remaining on the shore instead deludes people."
This verse means that by thoroughly fathoming the contemplation gate, one subtly understands that principle and phenomena are completely interfused, like every branch obtaining the root, like every stream meeting the source. What harm is there in expounding the teaching to deliver beings? How does it obstruct distinguishing names and characteristics? Encountering superior persons, one directly points to the mind of perfect interfusion; meeting the middling and lower streams, one meanderingly shows the teaching of phenomenal sequence. Following the current to attain wonder, one lets them enter the sea to count grains of sand; penetrating the deep root of dharmas, one follows them in seeking branches and picking leaves. Employing the unobstructed wisdom of the three contemplations, one exhausts the gathering of all faculties; with the compassion of identical substance and ultimate peak, all return to the profound path of universal interfusion.