宗鏡錄 13.10

13.10

Answer: Earlier, clarifying ten within one meant that apart from one there is no ten, yet ten is not one. Here, clarifying that one is identical with ten means that apart from one there is no ten, and ten is identical with one, because of conditioned completion. Second, regarding the gate of identical substance, it is also similar to the previous gate; it again clarifies many within one, one within many, one is identical with many, and many is identical with one. To explain within this gate now: in the previous gate of different substances, saying 'ten within one' was called 'ten within one' in relation to the subsequent nine; in this gate, saying 'ten within one' means that precisely within the one there are nine, hence it is said 'ten within one'.