法華玄論 8.55

8.55

Next, explaining the meaning of the twelve aspects. It is unpacked into two senses: first, explaining the twelve with reference to the dharma wheel of the four truths; next, explaining them with reference to the dharma wheel of the sixteen truths. As for explaining the twelve by turning the dharma wheel of the four truths, there are twelve of teaching and twelve of practice. The twelve of teaching are: the demonstration, exhortation, and realization of the four truths, constituting the twelve teachings. As for the twelve practices, eye, knowledge, clarity, and awakening are engendered across all three turnings. If the twelve of teaching are taken as that which can turn, the twelve of practice are that which is turned. The twelve practices are the wheel, while the twelve teachings are not the wheel. If one explains the meaning of two wheels, the twelve truths are the teaching-dharma wheel, and the twelve practices are the practice-dharma wheel. If it is the teaching-dharma wheel, then that which can turn is only a single provisional wisdom, while that which is turned consists of the twelve teachings. If it is the practice-dharma wheel, the teachings that can turn are twelve, and the practices that are turned are likewise twelve.