妙法蓮華經玄義 10.179

10.179

人言漸教中有七階五時，言佛初成道，為提謂、波利說五戒十善人天教門。然佛隨眾生，宜聞便說，何得唯局初時為二人說五戒也？又《五戒經》中，二長者得不起法忍，三百人得信忍，二百人得須陀洹果。《普曜經》中，佛為二長者授記，號密成如來。若爾，言初為二人說人天教門，義何依據？又二長者見佛聞法，禮佛而去，竟不向鹿苑。初說五戒時，未化陳如，與誰接次而名為漸？

People say that within the gradual teaching there are seven stages and five periods, asserting that when the Buddha first attained the Way, he expounded the five precepts and ten virtuous actions—the teaching gate of humans and devas—for Trapuṣa and Bhallika. However, the Buddha expounds whatever is fitting to be heard in accordance with sentient beings; how could he be confined only to expounding the five precepts for two people in the first period? Furthermore, in the Wujie jing (Sūtra on the Five Precepts), the two elders attained the forbearance of non-arising of dharmas, three hundred people attained the forbearance of faith, and two hundred people attained the fruit of srotāpanna. In the Lalitavistara, the Buddha bestowed a vyākaraṇa upon the two elders, naming [them] Tathāgata Gūḍhasiddhi. If so, on what basis does the claim rest that he first expounded the teaching gate of humans and devas for these two people? Moreover, having seen the Buddha and heard the Dharma, the two elders paid homage to the Buddha and departed, never going to the Deer Park. When the five precepts were first expounded, Ajñātakauṇḍinya had not yet been transformed; with whom was there a sequential continuity such that it could be called gradual?