華嚴一乘法界圖 1.57

1.57

問：同處並頭者何義？答：同處並頭者，不相知義。何以故？無分別故。又問：無分別者何義？答：無分別者，緣生義。即是始終等，是無二別。何故如是？一切緣生法無有作者、無有成者、無有知者，寂用一相、高下一味，猶如虛空。諸法法爾，舊來如是。是故經云「觀一切法無生無滅，因緣而有。」如是等文即其義也。

Question: What is the meaning of "in the same place side by side"? Answer: "In the same place side by side" has the meaning of not knowing each other. Why? Because of non-differentiation. Question again: What is the meaning of "non-differentiation"? Answer: "Non-differentiation" has the meaning of arising from conditions. That is to say, beginning and end and so forth are without duality or distinction. Why is it like this? All conditionally arisen dharmas have no maker, no accomplisher, and no knower; quiescence and function are of a single characteristic, high and low are of a single flavor, just like empty space. The dharmatā of all dharmas has originally been like this. Therefore the sūtra says: "Observe that all dharmas have neither arising nor ceasing, yet exist due to causes and conditions." Passages such as this express precisely this meaning.