法華玄義釋籤 6.13

6.13

次明別二諦，中二：初正釋，次明三意。初文又二：初正釋相，次「二乘」下斥小。又二：先斥，次引證。初文者，二乘在彼頓教，聞別尚自如聾瘂等，故今斥小得引彼文。次引證中言「五百聲聞謂說真諦」者，《大經》三十三云：「我雖說一切眾生悉有佛性，眾生不解佛自意語。善男子！如是語者，後身菩薩尚不能解，況復二乘其餘菩薩？我於一時在耆闍崛山與彌勒共論世諦，舍利弗等五百聲聞於是事中都無識者，何況出世第一義諦？」疏云：「問：何處為五百說？答：一云《華嚴》中如聾如瘂，又云西方經何量，又云天台師云多有所關。」又《大經》十五云：「復次如來說於世諦，眾生謂為第一義諦，有時說第一義諦，眾生謂為世諦。」是則諸佛境界非二乘所知。二乘既以菩薩之俗為真，當知菩薩真俗並非二乘所測。

Next, clarifying the two truths of the Separate [Teaching], in which are two parts: first, directly explaining; next, clarifying the three intents. The first text again has two: first, directly explaining the characteristics; next, from "The two vehicles..." downward, reproving the Hinayāna. Again there are two: first, reproving; next, citing evidence. In the first text: the two vehicles in that Sudden Teaching, upon hearing the Separate, are already like the deaf and mute, etc.; therefore, in now reproving the Hinayāna, it can cite that text. In the next [part of] citing evidence, the statement "The five hundred voice-hearers thought it was an exposition of the ultimate truth": the Great Sūtra, fascicle thirty-three, says: "Although I have expounded that all sentient beings possess the Buddha-nature, sentient beings do not understand the Buddha's own intentional words. Good son! With respect to words such as these, even a bodhisattva in his final body cannot understand them, how much less the two vehicles and the remaining bodhisattvas? Once, on Mount Gṛdhrakūṭa, I discussed the conventional truth with Maitreya; among Śāriputra and the other five hundred voice-hearers, there was not a single one who recognized anything in this matter, how much less the supramundane ultimate truth?" The commentary says: "Question: Where was it expounded for the five hundred? Answer: One says it was like being deaf and mute in the Avataṃsaka; another says how can one measure the western scriptures; another says Master Tiantai says it pertains to many matters." Furthermore, the Great Sūtra, fascicle fifteen, says: "Furthermore, when the Tathāgata expounds on the conventional truth, sentient beings take it to be the ultimate truth; sometimes when he expounds the ultimate truth, sentient beings take it to be the conventional truth." Thus, the realm of the Buddhas is not something known by the two vehicles. Since the two vehicles take the bodhisattva's conventional as the ultimate, one should know that both the ultimate and conventional of the bodhisattva are not something fathomed by the two vehicles.