大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 30.20

30.20

Regarding the commentary's "The Kośa says: 'Because of the three [types] of delusions, faculties, and inclinations'" onward: this half-verse is the treatise's explanation that the arising of the teachings differs. That is, delusions are threefold: first, being deluded about mental factors as self; second, being deluded about form; third, being deluded about both mind and form; these correspond in turn to the three. As for faculties being threefold, it means that for higher faculties who attain awakening upon hearing in brief, the five aggregates are taught; for middling faculties who hear moderately, the twelve sense bases are taught; and for lower faculties who comprehend only upon hearing extensively, the eighteen elements are taught. As for the three inclinations, they refer to inclining toward the brief teaching of the aggregates, inclining toward the middling teaching of the sense bases, and inclining toward the extensive teaching of the elements.