華嚴五十要問答 1.54

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Question: How do the teaching-nets of the three piṭakas—sūtra, and so forth—agree and differ? Answer: The teaching of the three piṭakas is divided into two meanings: First, because what is explained is threefold, the teachings are threefold: the sūtras explain samādhi, up to the vinaya explaining the precepts. The triyāna and Hīnayāna share these names and enumerations, but the depths and delimitations of their meanings differ. Second, because what they are intended for is twofold, the teachings are divided into two: namely, the Mahāyāna and Hīnayāna, which are divided into two piṭakas. Pratyekabuddhas, being solitary awakeners, have no teaching, and are therefore not given the designation of a piṭaka. Within the Ekayāna, there are ten piṭakas, as explained in the fourth assembly.