金光明經玄義 1.34

1.34

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.