大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 17.26

17.26

Regarding the Commentary's statement, 'First, in the division where cause and effect correspond, mostly the fruition precedes and the cause follows': In the five cycles of cause and effect, the two fruitions—that which is believed and the realization of entry—stand first, and before the differentiated cause there is also a fruition first; hence it is said that 'mostly the fruition precedes'. Here too the fruition precedes and the cause follows, to be analogous with them. As for 'the division where cause and effect correspond': this is the third division above, 'following the meaning based on the text'; that is, according to the meaning of cause and effect corresponding to each other, it is divided into five.