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10.81

但釋迦初出，先示三人，各用四念處。此如《法華》，羊、鹿、牛車，各出火宅。次說三人同修一念處。此如《大品》「是乘從三界出，到薩婆若中住。」亦如《大集》「三乘之人同以無言說道斷煩惱。」次說菩薩修次第念處。此如《大品》「不共般若」，諸念處乘，別而未合。後說一切小大同一念處。此如《法華》「同乘大車，直至道場。」約此空見明諸惑、明諸治，與諸經論不相違背。「一微塵中有大千經卷」，即此意也。

Yet when Śākyamuni first appeared, he first demonstrated to the three persons, each using the four smṛtyupasthānas. This is like the goat, deer, and ox carts in the *Lotus Sūtra*, each emerging from the burning house. Next, he stated that the three persons together cultivate a single smṛtyupasthāna. This is like the *Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā-sūtra*: 'This vehicle emerges from the three realms and abides in sarvajñā.' It is also like the *Mahāsaṃnipāta-sūtra*: 'Persons of the three vehicles together sever afflictions by means of the ineffable path.' Next, he stated that the bodhisattva cultivates the gradual smṛtyupasthānas. This is like the 'unshared prajñā' in the *Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā-sūtra*, where the vehicles of the various smṛtyupasthānas are distinct and not yet combined. Afterwards, he stated that all—the lesser and the greater—share the identical single smṛtyupasthāna. This is like the *Lotus Sūtra*: 'Together riding the great cart, proceeding straight to the bodhimaṇḍa.' Explaining the various delusions and explaining the various cures with reference to this view of emptiness does not contradict the various sūtras and treatises. That 'within a single speck of dust there are the sūtra scrolls of a trichiliocosm' has precisely this meaning.