維摩經略疏 4.85

4.85

問：前示食體事前理後，今疊釋何得理前事後？答：不思議之事理，不定前後故。

Question: Previously, in showing the substance of the food, phenomena came first and principle came later; now in reiterating the explanation, why does principle come first and phenomena later? Answer: Because with inconceivable phenomena and principle, there is no fixed sequence of before and after.