འཕགས་པ་དགངས་པ་ངས་པར་འགྲལ་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 37

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Paramārthasamudgata, among them, sentient beings belonging to the śrāvaka vehicle lineage attain attainment and the unexcelled bliss of nirvāṇa through this very path and this very practice; sentient beings belonging to the pratyekabuddha vehicle lineage and those belonging to the Tathāgata lineage also attain attainment and the unexcelled bliss of nirvāṇa through this very path and this very practice. Therefore, this is the single path of purification of śrāvakas, pratyekabuddhas, and bodhisattvas; there is only a single purification, and there is no second one at all. Having that in mind, I taught the single vehicle (ekayāna). Yet it is not that there are no diverse lineages of sentient beings in the realm of sentient beings—those with dull faculties, medium faculties, and sharp faculties by nature. Paramārthasamudgata, even if all the Buddhas were to exert themselves, they could not place an individual of the śrāvaka lineage who goes solely towards peace onto the essence of bodhi and make them attain unexcelled, perfect bodhi. Why is that? Because they have extremely little compassion and are extremely terrified of suffering, and thus are solely of a lowly lineage by nature. Just as their compassion is extremely small, so too are they utterly disinclined to act for the welfare of sentient beings. Just as they are utterly terrified of suffering, so too are they utterly disinclined towards all engagement in saṃskāras. Utter disinclination to act for the welfare of sentient beings and utter disinclination towards all engagement in saṃskāras I have not taught to be unexcelled, perfect bodhi. Therefore, they are called 'those who go solely towards peace.' As for the śrāvaka who transforms toward bodhi, I [distinguish...]