華嚴五十要問答 1.50

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問：諸教立位差別云何？答：略依一乘普賢因果制位不同，有十七門：世間六道即為六門；聲聞、緣覺復為二門；小乘中佛，及初迴心小乘人佛，復為二門，此二佛同依三十三心、依四禪等發智得成佛故；十信以去至十地五位，位位作佛，即為五門；一為迴心聲聞，制乾慧等十地，復為一門；為直進菩薩，從初十信修滿十地後得作佛，成初一念正覺，復為一門。廣說如疏本。三乘小乘，準以可知。

Question: How do the various teachings differ in establishing stages? Answer: Briefly, according to the distinction of stages set forth for Samantabhadra's cause and result in the Ekayāna, there are seventeen approaches: the worldly six destinies constitute six approaches; śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas constitute another two approaches; the Buddha in the Hīnayāna and the Buddha of a person of the Hīnayāna who has initially diverted their mind constitute another two approaches—these two Buddhas are attained through generating wisdom based equally on the thirty-three minds, relying on the four dhyānas, and so on; from the ten faiths up to the ten grounds, across the five stages, Buddhahood is realized at each and every stage, which constitutes five approaches; for the diverted-mind śrāvakas, the ten grounds such as the ground of dry wisdom are established, constituting another approach; for the bodhisattvas of direct advancement, cultivating from the initial ten faiths to the completion of the ten grounds and then attaining Buddhahood, accomplishing correct awakening in the first single thought, constitutes another approach. This is explained extensively as in the root commentary. The triyāna and Hīnayāna may be known by analogy with this.