法華玄論 3.27

3.27

次言《淨名》是抑揚法輪，嘆凡夫有反覆，毀聲聞為敗根。評曰：是亦不然。論主釋《波若．魔事品》云「譬如癡犬，不從大家求食，從作務者索。」犬者，聲聞人也。大家者，云大乘教也。作務者，小乘經也。《淨名》雖挫之以敗根，未及《波若》抑之以癡犬，抑揚之言亦為謬說也。又《法華》云「而昔於菩薩前毀訾聲聞樂小法者，然佛實以大乘教化。」此即指《波若》為抑揚，非以《淨名》為褒貶也。又《淨名》具呵大小，何故言抑小揚大？

Next, it was said that the Vimalakīrtinirdeśa is the wheel of Dharma of suppression and exaltation, which praises ordinary persons as capable of turning around, but condemns śrāvakas as having ruined roots. We assess this: this is also not so. The commentator, explaining the "Chapter on Māra's Deeds" in the Prajñāpāramitā, says: "It is like a foolish dog that does not seek food from the master, but begs from a servant." The dog is the śrāvaka. The master refers to the Mahāyāna teaching. The servant is the Hīnayāna scriptures. Although the Vimalakīrtinirdeśa abases them as having ruined roots, it does not go as far as the Prajñāpāramitā's suppressing them as foolish dogs; thus the statement regarding suppression and exaltation is also an erroneous assertion. Furthermore, the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka-sūtra says: "Yet formerly, before the bodhisattvas, he reviled the śrāvakas who took pleasure in small teachings; however, the Buddha was actually teaching and transforming them with the Great Vehicle." This points precisely to the Prajñāpāramitā as performing suppression and exaltation, not to the Vimalakīrtinirdeśa as performing censure and praise. Moreover, the Vimalakīrtinirdeśa scolds both great and small alike; why say it suppresses the small and exalts the great?