華嚴一乘教義分齊章 4.37

4.37

In the first approach, there are ten approaches. First, one. Why? Because it is accomplished through conditions. One is identical with ten. Why? Because if there were no one, there would be no ten; because one has essence, the rest are all empty; therefore, this one is identical with ten. In this way, going upward up to the tenth, each is as before, as can be known by inference.