維摩經玄疏 1.109

1.109

二、明起漸圓教者，釋迦開漸教，但用一番悉檀赴聲聞小根，說生滅四諦，起三藏教也；大乘方等有四種根性，用四番悉檀赴緣，說四種四聖諦，起諸方等也；《摩訶般若經》有三種根性，以三番悉檀赴緣，說三種四聖諦，起諸般若教也；《法華經》有一種根性，以一番四悉檀赴緣，說無作四一實諦，起法華教也；《涅槃經》有四種根性，而俱歸一理佛性涅槃，用四番悉檀說四種四諦赴緣，起涅槃教也。

Second, clarifying giving rise to the gradual and perfect teachings: when Śākyamuni inaugurated the gradual teaching, he merely used one turn of the siddhāntas to respond to the small capacities of the śrāvakas, expounding the four noble truths of arising and ceasing, giving rise to the Tripiṭaka teaching; the Mahāyāna Vaipulya has four kinds of capacities, and using four turns of the siddhāntas to respond to conditions, he expounded the four kinds of four noble truths, giving rise to the various Vaipulya [sūtras]; the Mahāprajñāpāramitā Sūtra has three kinds of capacities, and using three turns of the siddhāntas to respond to conditions, he expounded three kinds of four noble truths, giving rise to the various Prajñā teachings; the Lotus Sūtra has one kind of capacity, and using one turn of the four siddhāntas to respond to conditions, he expounded the uncreated four-and-one true truths, giving rise to the Lotus teaching; the Nirvāṇa Sūtra has four kinds of capacities, yet all return to the single principle of buddha-nature and nirvāṇa, and using four turns of the siddhāntas he expounded the four kinds of four truths to respond to conditions, giving rise to the Nirvāṇa teaching.