釋摩訶衍論 5.22

English (machine translation) 5.22

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5.22

Because there are two meanings, there is no error of mutual contradiction. What are the two? The first is the determination of one's own tenet; the second is the determination of attracting and gathering. As for the determination of one's own tenet, it reveals the meaning of being the same continuum. As for the determination of attracting and gathering, it reveals the meaning of differentiated continuums. That *Xuanwen lun* was to reveal the first meaning, and this *Treatise on Awakening of Faith* is to reveal the latter meaning; for this reason there is no error of mutual contradiction. Therefore, the venerable Aśvaghoṣa spoke thus in the *Xukong didi lun*:

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