妙法蓮華經玄贊 7.132

7.132

贊曰：稟潤各異也。能滋教一，所滋卉木各有差別。「生」喻初心，「長」喻後習，「華敷」喻聞教修行，「菓實」喻證理得果。「敷」音撫夫反，開也陳也。由各受潤，隨其種性生長華菓各各不同，以教對理而忘其機，或以教對後不定性等成熟之根，名為一雨亦名一音，所說理法唯一相故，退性究竟並作佛故。以教對機忘其理法，或對初機未成熟位，而有所運，名為三乘，亦名三車。隨彼機宜，初傍引法說而有三，故以教含行名為三藏，詮戒、定、慧行差別故。若以教含理、對機而說，名為二藏，謂菩薩、聲聞藏。《阿闍世王經》亦名三藏，謂菩薩、獨覺、聲聞藏也。今以教對理及後機一，名一雲雨，滋彼三機稱其種性名為三乘。現理有所對之機，明乘有異。教對機、理以明攝義立其藏名，將顯理之教以運載機，立其乘稱。是二差別。

The Commentary says: This is receiving moisture differently. The teaching that can moisten is one; the plants and trees that are moistened are each distinct. 'Sprouting' is a parable for the initial mind; 'growing' is a parable for subsequent habituation; 'blossoming of flowers' is a parable for hearing the teaching and cultivating practice; 'ripening of fruits' is a parable for realizing the principle and attaining the fruit. *Fu* (blossom) has the fan *fu-fu*; it means to open, to display.
Because each receives moisture, according to their seeds and natures, their sprouting, growing, flowering, and fruiting are each different. If one correlates teaching with principle while disregarding the faculties, or correlates teaching with the subsequent ripened faculties of indeterminate nature and so on, it is called 'a single rain' and also called 'a single voice', because the principle and Dharma expounded have only a single characteristic, and those of retrogressing nature ultimately all become buddhas. If one correlates teaching with faculties while disregarding the principle and Dharma, or correlates it with the initial capacities at an unripened stage, conveying them, it is called 'three vehicles' and also called 'three carts'. In accordance with those capacities, initially guiding them obliquely with the Dharma, three are spoken of; thus, with teaching containing practice, it is called 'three baskets' (piṭakas), because it explains the distinctions of practice in morality, concentration, and wisdom. If teaching contains principle and is spoken relative to capacities, it is called 'two baskets'—namely, the Bodhisattva-piṭaka and the Śrāvaka-piṭaka. The *Ajātaśatru-sūtra* also calls them three baskets—namely, the Bodhisattva, Pratyekabuddha, and Śrāvaka baskets. Now, correlating teaching with principle and with the subsequent single capacity, it is called 'the rain of a single cloud'; moistening those three capacities to match their seeds and natures, it is called 'the three vehicles'. Revealing the principle relative to the capacities it faces makes it clear that the vehicles differ. Correlating teaching with capacities and principle to clarify the meaning of subsumption establishes the name of 'basket' (piṭaka); taking the teaching that reveals the principle to convey the capacities establishes the designation of 'vehicle' (yāna). Such is the distinction between the two.