大乘起信論內義略探記 1.5

1.5

Regarding the first: there are two [piṭakas] and there are three [piṭakas]. The three piṭakas are: first, the sūtrapiṭaka, translated here as契經 ('matching scriptures'); second, the vinayapiṭaka, translated here as調伏 ('disciplining and subduing'); third, the abhidharmapiṭaka, translated here as對法 ('facing the dharma'). These three—sūtra, vinaya, and śāstra—are taken as the expounding [media], while the three—samādhi, śīla, and prajñā—are taken as that which is expounded, matched in order. The two piṭakas are: first, the śrāvakapiṭaka; second, the bodhisattvapiṭaka. The twelve limbs are: sūtra, geya, vyākaraṇa, gāthā, udāna, nidāna, avadāna, itivṛttaka, jātaka, vaipulya, adbhutadharma, and upadeśa. Now, this treatise is subsumed under the bodhisattvapiṭaka among the two piṭakas, under the abhidharmapiṭaka among the three piṭakas, and under the upadeśa scriptures among the twelve limbs.