肇論新疏 1.154

1.154

初至聖言乎等者，通辨諸教文異旨同，故談下結成一致。眾生流滯於生死，根行樂欲種種差殊，故如來觀機演教，依準正理之言以解凡惑，依一真法界流十二分教，若小若大、或權或實，八萬度門、恒沙佛法，故不一也。《梵網》云：「世界無量，教門亦爾。雖乃差殊，其旨無異。」原佛本意亦唯一事，故不可文殊令旨亦差。

From the beginning up to 'sages' words' comprehensively clarifies that while the various teachings differ in letter, they are identical in purport; from 'Thus, in discussing' down, it concludes their unified convergence. Sentient beings are blocked and stranded in birth and death, with diverse roots, practices, inclinations, and desires; therefore the Tathāgata observes their capacities and expounds the teaching, relying on words of correct principle to resolve ordinary delusions, and relying on the one true dharmadhātu to pour forth the twelvefold canon—whether small or great, provisional or real, eighty thousand gates of deliverance, and Buddha-dharmas as many as the sands of the Ganges, hence they are not uniform. The *Brahmajāla-sūtra* says: 'Worlds are limitless, and the gates of teaching are likewise so. Although they are diverse, their purport is without difference.' Tracing the Buddha's original intent, it is also only a single matter; therefore one must not, because of different texts, cause the purport to be mistaken as contradictory.