華嚴一乘教義分齊章 1.13

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五、約寄位差別。如《本業經》、《仁王經》及《地論》、梁《攝論》等，皆以初二三地寄在世間，四地至七地寄出世間，八地已上寄出出世間。於出世間中，四地五地寄聲聞法，六地寄緣覺法，七地寄菩薩法，八地已上寄一乘法。若大乘即是一乘者，七地即應是出出世，又不應一乘在於八地，是故當知《法華》中三乘之人，為求三車出至門外者，則三乘俱是出世自位究竟也，即是此中四地以去至七地者是也。四衢別授大白牛車者，此在出世之上故，是出出世一乘法，即是此中八地已上一乘法也。問：「若爾，何故梁《攝論》云二乘善名出世，從八地已上乃至佛地名出出世。既不言三乘是出世，如何作如說耶？」答：「既四、五二地為聲聞，第六地為緣覺，八地已去為出出世，彼第七地是何人耶？是故當知彼云二乘善名出世，即大小二乘也，以聲聞緣覺俱名為小故。」二乘名通，具如下說。

Fifth, the distinction in provisional assignment of stages. For example, the Benye jing, Renwang jing, Daśabhūmika-śāstra, and the Liang translation of the Mahāyānasaṃgraha all provisionally assign the first, second, and third stages to the mundane; the fourth stage through the seventh stage to the supramundane; and the eighth stage and above to the trans-supramundane. Within the supramundane, the fourth and fifth stages provisionally assign the dharma of the śrāvaka; the sixth stage provisionally assigns the dharma of the pratyekabuddha; the seventh stage provisionally assigns the dharma of the bodhisattva; and the eighth stage and above provisionally assign the dharma of the One Vehicle. If the Mahāyāna were identical to the One Vehicle, the seventh stage should be trans-supramundane, and the One Vehicle should not be in the eighth stage. Therefore, one should know that the persons of the Three Vehicles in the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka-sūtra who go outside the gate seeking the three carts are the Three Vehicles all reaching the culmination of their own supramundane stages, which corresponds here to those from the fourth stage up to the seventh stage. Specially bestowing the great white bullock cart at the crossroads, because this is above the supramundane, is the trans-supramundane One Vehicle dharma, which corresponds here to the One Vehicle dharma of the eighth stage and above. Question: 'If so, why does the Liang Mahāyānasaṃgraha state that the wholesome roots of the two vehicles are called supramundane, and from the eighth stage and above up to the Buddha stage is called trans-supramundane? Since it does not state that the Three Vehicles are supramundane, why does it speak in this way?' Answer: 'Since the fourth and fifth stages are for śrāvakas, the sixth stage is for pratyekabuddhas, and from the eighth stage onwards is the trans-supramundane, what kind of person is that seventh stage? Therefore, one should know that its statement that the wholesome roots of the two vehicles are called supramundane refers to the two vehicles of Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna, because śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas are both termed Hīnayāna.' The name 'two vehicles' has a broad application, as fully explained below.