華嚴經探玄記 5.14

5.14

Second, as for the purpose of its placement: previously it was clarified that the Tathāgata ascended to heaven about to expound the Dharma, and there must be receptive conditions to be covered; therefore it follows next. Furthermore, previously the virtue of the fruit approaching the receptive was elucidated, and now the power of the cause assists conversion; first the host and then the companions, following the sequence of meaning.