華嚴五十要問答 1.10

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問：諸教成佛受職云何？答：若小乘受職，但人義中教成，無別事義。若三乘受職，依理天處成，亦不論理事教義位別。依一乘受職，即具教義理事位等，廣如《華嚴經》說。

Question: How is the attainment of buddhahood and consecration explained across the teachings?

Answer: In Hīnayāna consecration, it is accomplished purely through teaching within the human sense, with no distinct phenomenal meaning. In triyāna consecration, it is accomplished based on the principle in a heavenly abode, without distinguishing the stages of principle, phenomena, teaching, or meaning. In Ekayāna consecration, it fully possesses teaching, meaning, principle, phenomena, stages, and so forth, as explained at length in the Avataṃsaka-sūtra.