大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 71.41

71.41

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.