維摩經玄疏 2.48

2.48

Answer: Some say: 'Śrāvakas mostly use provisionality through causal composition; pratyekabuddhas mostly use provisionality through continuity; bodhisattvas mostly use provisionality through mutual dependence.' Now I maintain that the characteristics of the 'three provisionalities' explained in the Tripiṭaka are distinct, and one enters principle according to whatever is convenient. In the Mahāyāna, the three provisionalities are all explained as being like illusions and transformations; when the three vehicles contemplate these, they enter emptiness together.