妙法蓮華經文句 4.54

4.54

《勝鬘》云：「三乘初業不愚於法，自知當覺。」《優婆塞戒經》第十四云：「二乘自知得菩提，且取小乘果。」又十三云：「知之者易、行之者難，雖知一乘而取羅漢。」彼兩經皆言知，今經云何三根之後猶自不知，初疑後悟，此義云何？

The Śrīmālā[devī-sūtra] says: 'In their initial practice, [followers of] the three vehicles are not deluded about the dharma, and know of themselves that they will awaken.' The Upāsakaśīla-sūtra, fascicle fourteen, says: 'The two vehicles know of themselves that they will attain bodhi, yet temporarily take the fruit of the small vehicle.' Fascicle thirteen also says: 'Knowing it is easy, practicing it is difficult; although knowing the One Vehicle, they take arhatship.' Both of those sūtras say that they know; why does the present sūtra state that even after the three faculties they still did not know of themselves, first doubting and later awakening? What is the meaning of this?