六妙法門 1.45

1.45

Next is the explanation of 'The seventh: The rotating six wondrous gates.' The six wondrous gates explained above are all shared practices, because they are shared with ordinary persons and the two vehicles. The rotating six wondrous gates here are practiced solely by bodhisattvas, not shared with śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas, let alone ordinary persons. Why is this? In the preceding contemplation of the sixth, the shared and distinct wondrous gates, it was called the contemplation of entering emptiness from the provisional, attaining the wisdom eye and sarvajñatā. The wisdom eye and sarvajñatā are dharmas shared by the two vehicles and bodhisattvas. Now, explaining the rotating six wondrous gates of emerging from emptiness into the provisional refers to the dharma eye and mārgākārajñatā. The dharma eye and mārgākārajñatā are not shared with śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas.