華嚴五十要問答 1.50

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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.