華嚴宗之清涼國師澄觀，原為天台宗荊溪尊者湛然之弟子，後入法華嚴宗分頓教為漸頓，頓頓，分圓教為漸圓，頓圓，以華嚴經為頓頓頓圓，以法華經為漸頓漸圓。其故以為法華者，諸聲聞人自小乘來，經歷諸味，至法華之會方開圓頓，故知法華是漸頓漸圓也。華嚴最初未經諸味，直開頓圓，故是頓頓頓圓也。荊溪於止觀籤例之中設喻疑顯正之一科，自問自答，而破斥之。
The two immediate or direct ways to perfection, as defined by Jingxi 荊溪 of the Huayan school; the gradual direct way of the Lotus; the direct way of the Huayan sutra, which is called the 頓頓頓圓, while that of the Lotus is called the 漸頓漸圓.
一二頓 華嚴宗分頓教為漸頓與頓頓二種，分圓教為漸圓與頓圓二種；而以華嚴經為頓頓與頓圓之教法，法華經為漸頓與漸圓之教法。p326