妙法蓮華經玄義 4.176

4.176

The ninth stage surpasses the pratyekabuddha and enters the bodhisattva stage. The bodhisattva stages are the ninth stage and the tenth stage. Thus one should know that the bodhisattva of the tenth stage is like a buddha. Up to this point, residual karmic propensities have not yet been exhausted.