維摩經玄疏 6.22

6.22

一、約通教明同異者，所言同者，即是同入偏真之法性也；所言異者，三乘雖同入法性，而不無深淺之異，但斷正使、侵習、習盡，如前通教分別：聲聞入淺，但斷正使；緣覺小深，侵除習氣；菩薩能窮法性之底，習氣都盡也。譬如三獸渡河，水雖是一，兔、馬、象脚有短長，故入水不無淺深之別。水雖是一，而深淺有異也。

First, clarifying similarities and differences in terms of the shared teaching: what is called 'similarity' is that they all alike enter the one-sided true dharma-nature. What is called 'difference' is that although the three vehicles alike enter the dharma-nature, there is nevertheless a distinction of depth and shallowness, [namely] merely severing the actual defilements, encroaching upon the residual habituations, or exhausting the residual habituations, as distinguished before under the shared teaching: the śrāvaka enters shallowly, merely severing the actual defilements; the pratyekabuddha [enters] somewhat more deeply, encroaching upon and removing the residual habituations; the bodhisattva can exhaust the bottom of dharma-nature, completely exhausting the residual habituations. It is like three beasts crossing a river: although the water is one, the legs of the hare, horse, and elephant are short or long, so their entry into the water is not without the distinction of shallowness and depth. Although the water is one, shallowness and depth differ.