注維摩詰經 2.278

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[Kumāra]jīva says: "Strong efficacy is 'cause'; weak efficacy is 'condition'." [Seng]zhao says: "Producing one another sequentially before and after is 'cause'. Manifesting and aiding in completion is 'condition'. All dharmas must rely upon causes and conditions to be established. If one observes that the Dharma does not reside in conditions, then the Dharma does not belong to causes." [Dao]sheng says: "'Cause' means that the matter previously did not exist, yet is produced from that. 'Condition' means that its component originally existed, and it arises from that. 'Cause' originally takes production as its meaning; now it also cannot avoid not producing—how can it be said to be able to produce? In that case, a cause does not succeed in being a cause. Because a cause is proximate, it is difficult to understand; because a condition is distant, it is easy to comprehend. Now explaining what is difficult by means of what is easy makes it easy. Because a cause is close, he says 'belongs to'; because a condition is distant, he says 'reside in'."