The Lotus Sūtra 3.38.p14

3.38.p14

tatra śāriputra ye sattvāḥ paṇḍitajātīyā bhavanti, te tathāgatasya lokapiturabhiśraddadhanti | abhiśraddadhitvā ca tathāgataśāsane 'bhiyujyante udyogamāpadyante | tatra kecit sattvā paraghoṣaśravānugamanamākāṅkṣamāṇā ātmaparinirvāṇahetoścaturāryasatyānubodhāya tathāgataśāsane 'bhiyujyante | te ucyante śrāvakayānamākāṅkṣamāṇāḥ traidhātukānnirdhāvanti | tadyathāpi nāma tasmādādīptādagārādanyatare dārakā mṛgarathamākāṅkṣamāṇā nirdhāvitāḥ | anye sattvā anācāryakaṃ jñānaṃ damaśamathamākāṅkṣamāṇā ātmaparinirvāṇahetorhetupratyayānubodhāya tathāgataśāsane 'bhiyujyante, te ucyante pratyekabuddhayānamākāṅkṣamāṇāstraidhātukānnirdhāvanti | tadyathāpi nāma tasmādādīptādagārādanyatare dārakā ajarathamāṅkṣamāṇā nirdhāvitāḥ | apare punaḥ sattvāḥ sarvajñajñānaṃ buddhajñānaṃ svayaṃbhūjñānamanācāryakaṃ jñānamākāṅkṣamāṇā bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāyai mahato janakāyasyārthāya hitāya sukhāya devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca sarvasattvaparinirvāṇahetostathāgatajñānabalavaiśāradyānubodhāya tathāgataśāsane 'bhiyujyante | te ucyante mahāyānamākāṅkṣamāṇāstraidhātukānnirdhāvanti | tena kāraṇenocyante bodhisattvā mahāsattvā iti | tadyathāpi nāma tasmādādīptādagārādanyatare dārakā gorathamākāṅkṣamāṇānirdhāvitāḥ | tadyathāpi nāma śāriputra sa puruṣastān kumārakāṃstasmādādīptādagārānnirdhāvitān dṛṣṭvā kṣemasvastibhyāṃ parimuktānabhayaprāptāniti viditvā ātmānaṃ ca mahādhanaṃ viditvā teṣāṃ dārakāṇāmekameva yānamudāramanuprayacchet, evameva śāriputra tathāgato 'pyarhan samyaksaṃbuddho yadā paśyati - anekāḥ sattvakoṭīstraidhātukāt parimuktā duḥkhabhayabhairavopadravaparimuktāstathāgataśāsanadvāreṇa nirdhāvitāḥ parimuktāḥ sarvabhayopadravakāntārebhyaḥ | nirvṛtisukhaprāptāḥ nirvṛtisukhāprāptāḥ | tānetān śāriputra tasmin samaye tathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ prabhūto mahājñānabalavaiśāradyakośa iti viditvā sarve caite mamaiva putrā iti jñātvā buddhayānenaiva tān sattvān parinirvāpayati | na ca kasyacit sattvasya pratyātmikaṃ parinirvāṇaṃ vadati | sarvāṃśca tān sattvāṃstathāgataparinirvāṇena mahāparinirvāṇena
parinirvāpayati | ye cāpi te śāriputra sattvāstraidhātukāt parimuktā bhavanti, teṣāṃ tathāgato dhyānavimokṣasamādhisamāpattīrāryāṇi paramasukhāni krīḍanakāni ramaṇīyakāni dadāti, sarvāṇyetānyekavarṇāni | tadyathāpi nāma śāriputra tasya puruṣasya na mṛṣāvādo bhavet, yena trīṇi yānānyupadarśayitvā teṣāṃ kumārakāṇāmekameva mahāyānaṃ sarveṣāṃ dattaṃ saptaratnamayaṃ sarvālaṃkāravibhūṣitamekavarṇameva udārayānameva sarveṣāmagrayānameva dattaṃ bhavet | evameva śāriputra tathāgato 'pyarhan samyaksaṃbuddho na mṛṣāvādī bhavati, yena pūrvamupāyakauśalyena trīṇi yānānyupadarśayitvā paścānmahāyānenaiva sattvān parinirvāpayati | tatkasya hetoḥ? tathāgato hi śāriputra prabhūtajñānabalavaiśāradyakośakoṣṭhāgārasamanvāgataḥ pratibalaḥ sarvasattvānāṃ sarvajñajñānasahagataṃ (Vaidya 56) dharmamupadarśayitum | anenāpi śāriputra paryāyeṇaivaṃ veditavyam, yathā upāyakauśalyajñānābhinirhāraistathāgata ekameva mahāyānaṃ deśayati ||