法界圖記叢髓錄 1.73

1.73

The Great Record says: Do the nine periods mutually enter and thereby become the ten periods? Or, in terms of the ten periods, does one further discuss mutual identity and entry? Answer: Both meanings are admissible. Thus Kangzang says: 'However, because these nine periods alternate in mutual identity and entry, they form one universal phrase; universal and particulars combine to form ten periods. These ten periods, fully possessing distinctions, appear simultaneously; currently forming pratītyasamutpāda, they are therefore able to enter one another.' Explanation: The first explains that the nine periods mutually enter and become the ten periods; the latter explains that one causes mutual identity and entry in terms of the ten periods.