四明尊者教行錄 3.62

3.62

答：三乘同觀幻有，皆取但空，從大分說，故云共行。菩薩非止偏空，兼知中實，從利根說，故得遠邊。是知若云共教，則菩薩須在當分，唯得近邊，乃有局定之妨也。若云通教，則菩薩或被後接，即得遠邊，乃有從容之美也。一家所立名義之巧，其若是乎。

Answer: The three vehicles together contemplate illusory existence, and all grasp mere emptiness; spoken from the major division, this is called 'practicing together.' Bodhisattvas do not stop at biased emptiness but additionally know the central reality; spoken from the perspective of sharp faculties, they attain the 'distant edge.' Hence we know that if it were called the 'shared teaching' [alone], the bodhisattva would have to remain within his assigned portion and would attain only the 'near edge,' which would suffer from the defect of rigid limitation. If it is called the 'transitional teaching,' the bodhisattva may be received by the later [teachings] and thus attain the 'distant edge,' possessing the beauty of ease and flexibility. How skillful is the establishment of terms and meanings by our school!