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華嚴一乘教義分齊章 4.43

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4.43

First, the approach of establishing the principles: it briefly establishes ten principles to reveal the inexhaustible. What are the ten? First, teaching and meaning: this includes all teachings and meanings of the One Vehicle, Three Vehicles, up to the Five Vehicles, and the rest below should be understood accordingly; second, principle and phenomena: this includes all principles and phenomena; third, understanding and practice: this includes all understanding and practice; fourth, cause and fruition: this includes all causes and fruitions; fifth, persons and dharmas: this includes all persons and dharmas; sixth, scope of stages: this includes all scopes of stages; seventh, master and disciple, dharma and cognition: this includes all masters and disciples, dharmas and cognitions; eighth, host and companion, dependent and primary [retribution]: this includes all hosts and companions, dependent and primary [retributions]; ninth, manifestation in accordance with capacities and desires: this includes all manifestations in accordance with capacities and desires; tenth, freedom of accordant and contrary essence and function: this includes all freedom of accordant and contrary essence and function. Taking these ten doors as the head, each universally includes all dharmas, constituting the inexhaustible.

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