大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 74.12

74.12

Fourth, the superknowledge of knowing kalpas. "However, in the Mahāyāna school, future dharmas are devoid of both essence and function; how are they now known?" This generally queries the meaning of knowing. That is, the Hīnayāna may say that the three periods all exist, and the future merely lacks function yet, or conceding that it can be seen, it lacks essence yet. In the Mahāyāna, essence and function are both absent, so there is nothing that can be known or seen. Next, from "Relying on the expedient teaching" onward, within the answer there are two: First, answering by establishing the principle according to the provisional teaching. That is, seeing the cause and knowing the fruit, just as seeing marks and appearances and knowing subsequent good or bad fortune.