法界圖記叢髓錄 2.98

2.98

大記云：如花嚴經者，古人云：大經題名中，大方則器界；廣佛則佛界；花則是因，上從等覺下至六趣，即是生界；嚴則此三緣起互相融，即圓明自在；經則於前境界，以六相觀智是解是行貫持不失故也。若觀智有間，不得相續貫持，則非經矣。總則七字題名，別則無盡品會，同則品會皆同，異則品會各異，成則緣起集成，壞則品會各住。

The Great Record says: Regarding the Avataṃsaka Sūtra, the ancients said: in the title of the Great Sūtra, 'Great and Square' (dafang) refers to the vessel world; 'Broad and Buddha' (guang fo) refers to the Buddha realm; 'Flower' (hua) is the cause, from equal enlightenment above down to the six destinies below, which is the realm of sentient beings; 'Adornment' (yan) means that the pratītyasamutpāda of these three mutually interfuse, being completely luminous and free; 'Sūtra' (jing) means that with respect to the aforementioned spheres, the contemplative wisdom of the six characteristics—as understanding and as practice—stringing together and maintaining without loss. If contemplative wisdom has interruption and cannot continuously string together and maintain, it is not a sūtra. The universal is the seven-character title; the particular is the inexhaustible chapters and assemblies; the identical is that the chapters and assemblies are all identical; the distinct is that the chapters and assemblies are each distinct; the integrating is that pratītyasamutpāda gathers and accomplishes them; the disintegrating is that the chapters and assemblies each abide [in their own place].