華嚴五十要問答 1.10

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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.