大通方廣懺悔滅罪莊嚴成佛經 1.6

1.6

爾時世尊。以無礙智。告諸菩薩。汝等今者。為利眾生。諮問是義。諦聽諦聽。諸善男子。譬如有人。一人三名。小時名小。二十名中。年過八十名為老者。我今三乘。亦復如是。為初小心聲聞之人。說於小乘。為於中心緣覺之人。說於中乘。為大菩薩大道心人。說於大乘。諸善男子。汝今復聽。理無二極。趣必同歸。解雖殊律。終為一觀。理是一乘。分之為三。聲聞緣覺乘。皆入大乘。大乘者。即是佛乘。是故三乘。即是一乘。

At that time, the Bhagavat, with unobstructed wisdom, addressed the bodhisattvas: "Now, for the benefit of sentient beings, you inquire about this meaning. Listen attentively, listen attentively! Good sons, it is like a person who has three names for the one person: when young, he is called young; at twenty, he is called middle-aged; and when past eighty, he is called old. My present three vehicles are also just like this: for śrāvakas whose initial aspirations are small, I preach the Hīnayāna; for pratyekabuddhas of middling aspirations, I preach the middle vehicle; and for great bodhisattvas, persons of the great aspiration for the Path, I preach the Mahāyāna. Good sons, listen further now! The Principle has no two extremes; the destinations must share the same return. Though understandings follow different rules, in the end they form a single view. The Principle is the One Vehicle; it is divided into three. The vehicles of śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas both enter the Mahāyāna; and the Mahāyāna is none other than the Buddha Vehicle. Therefore, the three vehicles are indeed the One Vehicle."