維摩經玄疏 6.63

6.63

答曰：分別有異，意乃多塗。今略約圓教七義分別，即知別教四門與圓教四門有殊也。七義者：一、若明「一切法即真性實相，佛性涅槃，不可復滅」而明四門者，即是圓教四門也。二、明初心即開佛知見圓照而辨四門者，即圓教四門也。三、若明不思議，不斷煩惱而入涅槃辨四門者，即是圓教四門也。四、若明圓行而辨四門者，即是圓教四門也。五、若明圓位而辨四門者，即是圓教四門也。六、若明圓體而辨四門者，即是圓教明四門也。七、若明圓用而辨四門者，即是圓教明四門也。

Answer: In differentiating the differences, the purports are multiple. Now I will briefly differentiate them according to seven meanings of the perfect teaching, and thereby one will know that the four gates of the distinctive teaching and the four gates of the perfect teaching are distinct. The seven meanings are: first, if one discerns the four gates by clarifying that "all dharmas are precisely the true nature and true mark, buddha-nature and nirvāṇa, and cannot be further extinguished," these are the four gates of the perfect teaching; second, discerning the four gates by clarifying that at the initial mind one immediately opens the Buddha's knowledge and vision and has perfect illumination, these are the four gates of the perfect teaching; third, if one discerns the four gates by clarifying the inconceivable, entering nirvāṇa without severing afflictions, these are the four gates of the perfect teaching; fourth, if one discerns the four gates by clarifying perfect practice, these are the four gates of the perfect teaching; fifth, if one discerns the four gates by clarifying perfect stages, these are the four gates of the perfect teaching; sixth, if one clarifies the four gates by clarifying the perfect substance, these are the four gates clarified in the perfect teaching; seventh, if one clarifies the four gates by clarifying the perfect function, these are the four gates clarified in the perfect teaching.