華嚴五十要問答 1.48

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Question: What is the delimitation of the doctrine of the Ekayāna? Answer: The Ekayāna teaching is of two kinds: first, the common teaching; second, the distinct teaching. All the doctrines clarified by the Ekayāna of the round teaching possess everything in every single word and phrase; this is the distinct teaching, as extensively explained in the Avataṃsaka-sūtra. Second, the common teaching refers to the teachings of the Hīnayāna and triyāna: although their names are the same, their imports are entirely different, as may be known from their extensive explanation in the various Mahāyāna sūtras. Moreover, looking at these common teachings relative to higher and lower, there are common and uncommon aspects. For example, the Hīnayāna teaching holds that the three periods of time exist, which is absent in the triyāna; what exists in the triyāna teaching is absent in the Hīnayāna. Or there are things common to both yānas, such as the items and enumerations of the factors of awakening being shared; or there are things absent in both yānas, which is precisely the Ekayāna teaching. One may extrapolate by analogy and know this.