大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 71.41

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疏「七次第」等者，此言後有，即當本有也。遠公釋次第云：「中有能與生陰之果為方便故，名為次第。」疏意云：如在因中，先多作善、後則兼惡，後與果時初即多樂、後便有苦。先苦後樂，義亦準之。則受果時，如因次第。言「上二約現望後」者，第六現望中陰，第七現望當有。

Regarding the commentary’s “Seventh, in sequence” and so forth: here “subsequent existence” means the future fundamental existence. Master Huiyuan explained “in sequence” as: “Because the intermediate existence can serve as an expedient for the fruit of the aggregates of birth, it is called ‘in sequence.’” The commentary’s meaning is: just as in the causal stage, if one first performs mostly good and later combines it with evil, then when later receiving the fruit, at first there is mostly joy and afterward there is suffering. Receiving suffering first and joy afterward should also be understood accordingly. Thus, when receiving the fruit, it corresponds to the sequence of the causes. The statement “The above two view the subsequent with respect to the present”: the sixth views the intermediate state with respect to the present, and the seventh views the future existence with respect to the present.