大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 37.2

37.2

Regarding the Commentary's statement, "However, precisely the contributory cause is the revealing cause," and so on: second, distinguishing and determining the two causes. Within this, there are two parts: first, marking the two distinctions. "Causes have close and remote": this generally indicates the distinctive meaning. The remote one is revealing and is also a contributory cause; the close one is revealing but not a contributory cause.