妙法蓮華經玄義 10.7

10.7

若始坐道場，梵王初請，直言請法，亦無疑網。往復殷勤，說諸方等，觀文可知。說《大品》時，猶酬梵請。唯《華嚴》中，請金剛藏，可為連類。而人師偏著，謂加於法華。言小乘致請，不及菩薩，此見一邊耳。身子騰眾心云：「佛口所生子，合掌瞻仰待，求佛諸菩薩，大數有八萬，欲聞具足道」，何獨是一小乘？又彌勒闔眾，求決文殊與解脫月、金剛藏，若為有異？

When he first sat at the place of awakening, Brahmā made the initial request, straightforwardly requesting the Dharma without a net of doubts. The earnest exchanges in preaching the various vaipulya [sūtras] can be known by observing their texts. When the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā-sūtra was spoken, it was still in response to Brahmā's request. Only in the Avataṃsaka-sūtra, where Vajragarbha was petitioned, can it be compared. Yet masters have biasedly clung to it, saying that it surpasses the Lotus Sūtra, claiming that because a request was made by the small vehicle here, it is inferior to bodhisattvas; this is seeing only one side. Śāriputra, conveying the minds of the assembly, said: 'Sons born of the Buddha's mouth, with palms joined, gaze up in expectation; the bodhisattvas seeking buddhahood, eighty thousand in grand number, wish to hear the complete path.' How could it be merely the small vehicle alone? Moreover, when Maitreya, representing the whole assembly, sought resolution from Mañjuśrī, how does that differ from Mukticandra and Vajragarbha?