勝鬘寶窟 2.32

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第三釋名門。此章名為說入一乘章。交言曰論，直言名說。今無人論義，勝鬘直言演之，故言說也。會權入實，故名為入。亦得說於四乘為大乘方便，故名為入。唯有一理、唯教一人，唯行一因、唯感一果，故稱為一乘也。又如《法華論》「以何義故名為一乘？謂同義故。」言同義者，如來法身、聲聞法身、緣覺法身，以三乘人同一法身，是故三乘同名一乘，所以言一。所言乘者，名為運載。運載有三：一者運人從因至果，如《大品》云「是乘從三界出，到薩婆若中住。」二者以德運人，令縱任自在，如《法華》云「得如是乘，令諸子等喜戲快樂。」三者以自運他，如《涅槃》云「乘涅槃船，入生死海，運度眾生。」亦如《法華》云「佛自住大乘，如其所得法，定慧力莊嚴，以此度眾生」也。

Third, the section on explaining the name. This chapter is titled "The Chapter on Expounding the Entry into the Ekayāna." An exchange of words is called discussion (lùn); direct speech is called expounding (shuō). Here, there is no one discussing the meaning; Queen Śrīmālā expounds it directly in speech, and so it is called "expounding." Bringing together the provisional to enter the real is called "entry." One may also say that expounding the four vehicles as the upāya of the Mahāyāna is called "entry." There is only one principle, teaching only one person, practicing only one cause, and bringing about only one fruit; therefore it is called the "ekayāna." Furthermore, as the Saddharmapuṇḍarīkopadeśa states: "For what reason is it called the ekayāna? It means identity." As for "identity": the dharmakāya of the Tathāgata, the dharmakāya of the śrāvaka, and the dharmakāya of the pratyekabuddha—because practitioners of the three vehicles share the same dharmakāya, the three vehicles are identically named the ekayāna; this is why it is called "one." That which is called a "vehicle" (yāna) means conveying. Conveying has three aspects: first, conveying persons from cause to fruit, as the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā-sūtra says: "This vehicle departs from the triple world and reaches abiding in sarvajñā"; second, conveying persons by virtue so that they are unhindered and free, as the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka-sūtra says: "Having obtained such a vehicle, it causes all the sons to disport and be joyful"; third, conveying others through oneself, as the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra says: "Boarding the ship of nirvāṇa, entering the ocean of birth and death, conveying across sentient beings"; and also as the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka-sūtra says: "The Buddha himself abides in the Great Vehicle; in accordance with the Dharma he has attained, adorned with the power of meditation and wisdom, he uses this to deliver sentient beings."