法華玄論 4.93

4.93

Appraisal: Each has a one-sided grasping, and all miss the intended meaning. Why is this? The sūtras and treatises possess all three meanings of simultaneity. For instance, the Renwang jing and the Mahāyānasaṃgraha state that the first bhūmi is simultaneous; the 'Chapter on Setting Forth' in the Pañcaviṃśati explains the seventh bhūmi as the stage of equalized samādhi and prajñā, which means the seventh bhūmi is simultaneous; the Renwang jing and the Daśabhūmika-sūtra state that the eighth bhūmi is simultaneous. Because all three texts exist, they should be applied concurrently.