十門

The ten "doors" or connections between事 and 理; 事 is defined as 現象 form and 理 as 本體 substance; the common illustration of wave and water indicates the idea thus expressed. The 理事無礎十門 means that in ten ways form and substance are not separate, unconnected entities.

(1) (zh) li the substance is always present with shih the phenomena;

(2) (zh) shih is always present with (zh) li;

(3) (zh) shih depends on (zh) li for its existence;

(4) the (zh) shih can reveal the (zh) li;

(5) the (zh) shih (mere form, which is unreal) can disappear in the (zh) li;

(6) the (zh) shih can conceal the (zh) li;

(7) the true (zh) li is the (zh) shih;　

(8) the (zh) shih is (zh) li;

(9) the true (zh) li (or reality) is not the (zh) shih;

(10) the (zh) shih is not the (whole) (zh) li; v. 華嚴大疏 2. 周遍含容觀十門 The fifth of the five 觀 meditations of the 華嚴宗, i.e. on (zh) li and (zh) shih, e.g.

(1) the (zh) li is as the (zh) shih;

(2) the (zh) shih is as the (zh) li; 理如事, 事如理 and so on. The 止觀十門 in the 宗鏡録35, also deals with (zh) li and (zh) shih chiefly for purposes of meditation. Another group, the 華嚴釋經十門, treats of the Canon and the schools.