華嚴經明法品內立三寶章 1.64

1.64

二、無法者，此生滅法，由後依前起，後無自性無體。又不可從前念而來，由後背前，後非前及。此亦不從前念而來，由前滅壞故，無法可至後念。由能引後故，體非後位攝，此亦不能至後位。是故前念無法可去至後念，後念無法可從前念來，但緣起力故，似有相續，實無有一法從此至彼，故論云「但從於空法，還生於空法。」此之謂也。

Second, absence of dharmas: in these arising and ceasing dharmas, because the posterior arises relying on the preceding, the posterior lacks self-nature and lacks an essence. Moreover, it cannot come from the preceding thought-moment; because the posterior turns away from the preceding, the posterior is not reached by the preceding. This also does not come from the preceding thought-moment; because the preceding is destroyed, there is no dharma that can reach the posterior thought-moment. Because it can induce the posterior, its essence is not subsumed under the posterior position, and this too cannot reach the posterior position. Therefore, in the preceding thought-moment there is no dharma that can go to reach the posterior thought-moment, and in the posterior thought-moment there is no dharma that can come from the preceding thought-moment. It is only due to the power of dependent origination that there appears to be continuity; in reality, not a single dharma goes from here to there. Thus the treatise says: 'Only from empty dharmas do empty dharmas arise again.' This is what it means.