二諦義 1.23

1.23

Question: For what reason does the Tathāgata's expounding of the Dharma not go beyond the two truths? It is explained: The two truths are precisely the four siddhāntas: the three siddhāntas are the conventional truth, and the ultimate-meaning siddhānta is the ultimate truth. Since the four siddhāntas subsume the twelvefold scriptures and subsume the eighty-four thousand Dharma stores so that they subsume all phenomena without remainder, the two truths also subsume all phenomena without remainder. This explains the doctrine in terms of exhaustive subsumption. Because the two truths subsume all phenomena exhaustively, the Tathāgata expounds the Dharma in terms of the two truths.