十不二門指要鈔 2.61

2.61

Answer: "Those who read that text do not examine what comes before and after; they merely take a single line to establish their narrow view. Now I will briefly cite that text and offer a preliminary explanation, so that those who wish to rely on it to prove that only the wetness is without difference may hear it and take heed. Why? That text originally explains that 'the marks of the worldly realms are permanent.' But marks are originally flowing and shifting; now, wishing to explain permanence, it must be revealed in terms of their status. The entire status is the mark; the status is permanent, so the mark is also permanent. Therefore the text repeatedly says: 'The mark and status are not two.' It further asks itself: 'The status can be single and suchness-like, but how are the marks equal?' It answers: 'The status is based on principle and nature, which definitely cannot be altered. Marks are discussed in terms of according with conditions; conditions have defilement and purity. Although conditions are defiled or pure, they are equally called conditioned arising. Just as in clear and turbid waves the wet nature is not different: equally taking the wet nature as waves, they therefore all take suchness as their mark; equally taking waves as the wet nature, they therefore all take suchness as their status. Therefore, although the names