勝鬘寶窟 1.15

1.15

問：對二對三，言似相違，云何通會？答：此猶是一義，無相違也。三是通明，二是別說。三是通明者，三中之一即是一乘，是彼二乘故名三。言二乘者，但明三中之二此非真實，三中之一謂真實也。

Question: In contrasting with two and contrasting with three, the statements seem contradictory; how are they reconciled? Answer: This is still a single meaning and there is no contradiction. Three is the common explanation; two is the specific discourse. Three being the common explanation: the one among the three is the ekayāna, and because of those two vehicles they are called three. Speaking of two vehicles: it only clarifies that the two among the three are not real, while the one among the three is real.