法華經義記 4.34

4.34

The questioner says: “If so, non-learners must inevitably have their capacity for the Great Vehicle arise first, and the seven kinds of learners must inevitably have their capacity for the Great Vehicle arise later; the explanation should also be so.” The commentator says: “Fundamentally, there is no definitive determination that non-learners must inevitably have their capacity for the Great Vehicle arise first and learners must inevitably be later. What the questioner discussed is based on persons being superior or inferior: learners are inferior, and non-learners are superior.”