法華玄論 4.54

4.54

Answer: That treatise explains, "Vehicle has the meaning of manifesting conveyance. Due to the tathatā-Buddha-nature, practices such as merit and wisdom emerge; due to practices such as merit and wisdom, the Buddha fruit emerges; the Buddha fruit conveys sentient beings out [of saṃsāra]." The Mahāyānasaṃgraha has three [aspects]: namely, the cause of the vehicle, the conditions of the vehicle, and the attainment of the vehicle. The cause of the vehicle refers to the tathatā-Buddha-nature, the ultimate-truth emptiness, as the cause of the vehicle. The conditions of the vehicle refer to the myriad practices. The attainment of the vehicle is the Buddha fruit.