དམ་པའ་ཆས་པད་མ་དཀར་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 4

4.1

will truly collect them." [Bampo 5] "Kāśyapa, there are not three vehicles; because beings have different conduct, three vehicles are merely designated for this reason." When this was said, the venerable Mahākāśyapa said this to the Bhagavān: "Bhagavān, if there are not three vehicles, why in the present time are they specifically designated as śrāvakas, pratyekabuddhas, and bodhisattvas?" When this was said, the Bhagavān said this to the venerable Mahākāśyapa: "Kāśyapa, it is like this, for example: a potter makes vessels from the same clay; among them, some become vessels for molasses, some vessels for ghee, some for curd and milk,