宗鏡錄 13.6

13.6

答。此由法界實德。緣起力用。普賢境界相應。所以一多常成。不增不減也。次明一即多。多即一者。如似一即十緣成故。若十非一。一不成故。何但一不成。十亦不成。如柱若非舍。爾時則無舍。若有舍亦有柱。即以柱即是舍。故有舍復有柱。一即十十即一故。成一復成十也。

Answer: This is due to the real virtue of the dharmadhātu, the efficacious function of conditioned arising, and correspondence with the realm of Samantabhadra; therefore one and many are constantly established, neither increasing nor decreasing. Next, to clarify that the one is identical with the many and the many is identical with the one: this is like one being identical with ten because of conditioned completion. If ten were not one, one would not be established. Not only would one not be established, ten would also not be established. Just as if a pillar were not a house, at that time there would be no house; if there is a house, there is also a pillar, so precisely because the pillar is the house, there is a house and again there is a pillar. Because one is identical with ten and ten is identical with one, one is established and ten is also established.