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註華嚴經題法界觀門頌 2.57

註華嚴經題法界觀門頌 2.57

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2.57

影現建化門頭,身遊實際理地。義曰:以千差事法,各各全遍一真之理。《觀》云「以有分之事於無分之理全同非分同。何以故?此事無別,體還如理故。」此全遍門,超情離見非世喻能,況如全一大海在一波中而海非小,如一小波匝於大海而波非大。此相遍二門,文雖前後,法乃同時。此二為總,下八為別。別不離總,為生發義本,正明事不礙理。

Shadows appear at the threshold of teaching and transformation; / The body roams in the ground of ultimate principle. The meaning is: by means of the myriad differentiated phenomena, each one entirely pervades the one true principle. The Contemplation says: "Because partitioned phenomena are entirely identical with, not partially identical with, unpartitioned principle. Why? Because these phenomena are no different [from principle], their substance returning to be like principle." This gate of entire pervasion transcends sentiment and departs from views; no worldly metaphor can equal it. It is like the entire great ocean being within a single wave, yet the ocean is not small; it is like a single small wave encircling the great ocean, yet the wave is not large. Although the texts of these two gates of mutual pervasion are sequential, the phenomena are simultaneous. These two serve as the general, and the eight below serve as the particular. The particular does not depart from the general, serving as the root from which the meaning unfolds, directly clarifying that phenomena do not obstruct principle.

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