四教義 2.14
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2.14
Third, referencing the sūtras and treatises: The *Avataṃsaka Sūtra* elucidates the two kinds of two truths within the principle; the Tripiṭaka teaching elucidates the non-identical two truths outside the principle; the Vaipulya Mahāyāna elucidates the four kinds of two truths outside the principle; the *Mahāprajñā[pāramitā]* elucidates the mutually identical two truths outside the principle and the two kinds of two truths within the principle; the *Lotus Sūtra* only elucidates the mutually identical two truths within the principle; the *Nirvāṇa Sūtra* comprehensively elucidates the four kinds of two truths within and outside the principle. The treatises correspond to the sūtras and can be understood by analogy. The verse in the *Mūlamadhyamakakārikā* states: "Dharmas that arise from causes and conditions, / I explain as being identical to emptiness"—this sets forth the mutually identical two truths outside the principle; "and also called provisional names, / and also the meaning of the middle way"—this sets forth the mutually identical and non-identical two truths within the principle. The latter two chapters clarify the śrāvaka entering the paramārtha, which sets forth the non-identical two truths outside the principle of the Tripiṭaka teaching.
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