妙法蓮華經玄義 10.17

10.17

六者、佛馱三藏、學士光統所辨四宗判教：一、因緣宗，指毘曇六因四緣；二、假名宗，指《成論》三假；三、誑相宗，指《大品》、三論；四、常宗，指《涅槃》、《華嚴》等，常住佛性，本有湛然也。

Sixth, Tripiṭaka Master Buddha[bhadra] and the scholar Guangtong distinguished a classification of teachings into four traditions: first, the tradition of causes and conditions, pointing to the Abhidharma's six causes and four conditions; second, the tradition of provisional designations, pointing to the Tattvasiddhi-śāstra's three provisional designations; third, the tradition of deceptive characteristics, pointing to the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā-sūtra and the Three Treatises; fourth, the tradition of the permanent, pointing to the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra, Avataṃsaka-sūtra, and so on, with the eternally abiding buddha-nature, fundamentally existent and serene.