華嚴經探玄記 2.29

2.29

Sixth, 'the various vehicles': the Dà zhìdù lùn says, 'In Hinayana sūtras, at the beginning only the śrāvaka assembly is listed. In Mahāyāna sūtras, at the beginning both the bodhisattva and śrāvaka assemblies are listed in full.' By principle, in One Vehicle sūtras, at the beginning only bodhisattvas are listed. How this is known: that treatise takes the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā Sūtra and others to be the shared teaching, and specifically designates the Avataṃsaka Sūtra as the unshared teaching, because it is not spoken in common with śrāvakas. Furthermore, the above three approaches each have two explanations. The two in the first: first, if it is to accomplish the small teaching, attain small fruits, and so forth, only śrāvakas are listed—this is the Hinayana ignorant of the Dharma, as explained in sūtras such as the Āgamas; second, if it is to redirect Hinayana and reveal those who are the target capacities, only śrāvakas are listed—this is the Mahāyāna teaching of mind-conversion, as distinguished at the beginning of the Diamond Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra. In the second, possessing both assemblies, there are also two: first, either śrāvakas are listed first and bodhisattvas listed after—this extends to the initial, final, and sudden teachings, as distinguished in sūtras such as the Vimalakīrtinirdeśa; second, or bodhisattvas are listed first and śrāvakas listed after—this extends to the sudden teaching and the shared teaching, as distinguished in sūtras such as the Luomojia jing, the Weilouwang jing, and the Hexiu jing. In the third, listing only bodhisattvas, there are also two: first, although only bodhisattvas are listed, host and companions are not complete—this is the One Vehicle of the shared teaching, as distinguished in sūtras such as the Eleven-Faced Avalokiteśvara Sūtra; second, if host and companions are fully complete, it is the One Vehicle of the distinct teaching, as explained in this sūtra.