佛頂尊勝陀羅尼經教跡義記 1.20

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第三顯教被機者，然教門是一，所學有三，故《智度論》云：「兔馬象三獸渡河，淺深有異。」如《法華經》云：「三子同出一門，所樂各別。」佛言：「我若以小乘法教化諸眾生，我即墮慳貪。」又《維摩經》曰：「佛以一音演說法，眾生隨類各得解。」上中下智各觀別故，下智觀故聲聞菩提，中智觀故緣覺菩提，上智觀故諸佛菩提。此則第三顯教被機竟。

Regarding the third, revealing the teaching's accord with faculties: although the Dharma gate is one, what is studied has three [levels]. Thus the *Dàzhìdù lùn* says: 'When the three beasts—hare, horse, and elephant—cross the river, there is difference in depth.' As the *Lotus Sūtra* says: 'The three sons emerge from the same door, yet what they delight in is each distinct.' The Buddha said: 'If I were to teach and transform sentient beings with the Lesser Vehicle Dharma, I would fall into stinginess.' Furthermore, the *Vimalakīrti Sūtra* states: 'The Buddha expounds the Dharma with a single voice, and sentient beings each obtain understanding according to their kind.' Because superior, middling, and inferior wisdom each contemplate distinctly: because of inferior wisdom's contemplation, there is śrāvaka bodhi; because of middling wisdom's contemplation, there is pratyekabuddha bodhi; because of superior wisdom's contemplation, there is the bodhi of all Buddhas. This concludes the third, revealing the teaching's accord with faculties.