花嚴經文義綱目 1.69

1.69

第四因果分別者，有四句：或唯果定，謂初會及第八，以初說果法故，第八證理玄故。或唯因定，謂三四五六，以彼唯說因位法故；〈不思議品〉等所說果法別有所依，非彼定故。或亦因亦果，謂第七會以花嚴攝因，佛是果故，所表行深具因果故。或非因果，謂第二會，總無定故。

Fourth, distinguishing cause and fruit: there are four propositions: either solely fruitional concentration, namely the first assembly and the eighth, because the first teaches fruitional dharmas, and the eighth realizes principle profoundly. Or solely causal concentration, namely the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth, because they solely teach dharmas of causal stages; the fruitional dharmas taught in the Chapter on the Inconceivable and others have separate dependencies and are not those concentrations. Or both cause and fruit, namely the seventh assembly, because avataṃsaka subsumes the cause, the Buddha is the fruit, and the deep practice it expresses possesses both cause and fruit. Or neither cause nor fruit, namely the second assembly, because it lacks concentration altogether.