法界圖記叢髓錄 1.79

1.79

The passage on the Buddha-gotra in the Suoquan zhang states: Third, according to the One Vehicle there are two explanations. First, it subsumes the lineages explained in the preceding teachings, all being fully endowed as ruler and retinue to establish the doctrine; this is because it is the shared teaching, and because it subsumes upāya. Second, relying on the lineage of the distinct teaching, the profoundly deep cause and effect are non-dual, thoroughly encompassing the container and the contained, exhausting the three realms, and subsuming everything; because all Dharma gates of principle, phenomena, understanding, and practice are fundamentally complete and already matured. The Great Sūtra states: 'The bodhisattva lineage is profoundly deep, vast and great, equal to the dharmadhātu and empty space.' This is what it refers to.