華嚴一乘法界圖 1.53

1.53

Question: Are the many gates as described above all complete simultaneously? Or are they different in before and after? Answer: They are both complete simultaneously and different in before and after. Why is it like this? When it must be complete simultaneously, it is complete simultaneously; when it must be before and after, it is before and after. Why is this? Because within the home of the dharmatā, virtues and functions are sovereign and unobstructed; because they are formed through conditions, all can be like this. Question: As for the meaning of coming and going spoken of above, what are its characteristics? Answer: Unmoved in their own positions, they constantly come and go. Why is this? Coming and going has the meaning of according with conditions, which is the meaning of causes and conditions. Unmoved has the meaning of facing the root, which is the meaning of conditioned arising.