Given Form, Nature, Embodiment, Power and Function no matter what is done, it can be done at will. This is Latent Cause. If something is not done, it is to one's own detriment and there is nothing that cannot be done. Without both Latent Cause and External Cause, one will not likely get as far as the state of Buddhahood.36 The Chinese character for Latent Cause, for instance, is also read as to depend on." This means that "depending on" one thing, various other things are obtained.

