金光明經玄義 1.34

1.34

料簡三佛性者，真諦師云：正性在道前，了性在道中，緣性在道後。此一往別說，推理不然。《華嚴》云「一中具無量」，《大品》云「一心具萬行」，《淨名》云「舉足下足具於佛法矣」，《法華》云「一切智願猶在不失」，《涅槃》云「金剛寶藏具足無缺」，但有深淺明昧之殊爾。

In differentiating the three kinds of buddha-nature: Master Paramārtha states: 'The direct nature is prior to the path; the revealing nature is on the path; the conditional nature is after the path.' This is a preliminary, specific explanation; reasoning through the principle shows it is not so. The Avataṃsaka-sūtra states: 'Within the one is contained the immeasurable.' The Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā states: 'The one mind contains the ten thousand practices.' The Vimalakīrtinirdeśa states: 'Lifting a foot and lowering a foot are fully endowed with the buddha-dharmas.' The Lotus Sūtra states: 'The vow for all-knowledge still remains and is not lost.' The Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra states: 'The adamantine treasure-store is complete and lacking nothing.' There are merely the differences of depth and shallowness, clarity and obscurity.