摩訶止觀 7.29

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答：《大論》呵此問：「誰作是語？三藏、摩訶衍皆不作是說，那得獨云是小乘法？」《淨名》云：「道品善知識，由是成正覺；道品是道場，亦是摩訶衍。」《涅槃》云：「能修八正道者，即見佛性，名得醍醐。」《大集》云：「三十七品是菩薩寶炬陀羅尼。」如此等經皆明道品，何時獨是小乘？若《大經》云「三十七品是涅槃因，非大涅槃因；無量阿僧祇助菩提法是大涅槃因」者，道品之外無別有道品，如四諦外無第五諦。一種苦集如爪上土，分別苦集有無量相，如十方土。直明一三十七品是涅槃因，復有無量三十七助道品名大涅槃因。云何無量？有四種道諦故，有十六門故。

Answer: The Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa rebukes this question: “Who spoke such words? Neither the Tripiṭaka nor the Mahāyāna says this; how could one claim that they are solely the dharmas of the Hinayāna?” The Vimalakīrtinirdeśa says: “The factors of the path are the good friends through which one achieves correct awakening; the factors of the path are the bodhimaṇḍa and are also the Mahāyāna.” The Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra says: “Those who are able to cultivate the eightfold noble path see the Buddha-nature, which is called attaining the finest ghee.” The Mahāsaṃnipāta-sūtra says: “The thirty-seven factors are the bodhisattva's dhāraṇī of the jewel torch.” Such sūtras as these all illuminate the factors of the path; when were they ever solely Hinayāna? If the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra says, “The thirty-seven factors are the causes of nirvāṇa, not the causes of great nirvāṇa; the immeasurable asaṃkhyeyas of dharmas that aid bodhi are the causes of great nirvāṇa,” [it means that] outside of the factors of the path there are no separate factors of the path, just as outside of the four truths there is no fifth truth. The single kind of suffering and origination is like the dust on a fingernail, whereas discriminating suffering and origination has immeasurable aspects, like the earth of the ten directions. Merely explaining one set of the thirty-seven factors is the cause of nirvāṇa; there are also immeasurable sets of the thirty-seven factors aiding the path, which are called the causes of great nirvāṇa. How are they immeasurable? Because there are four kinds of truths of the path, and because there are sixteen gates.