法華玄論 6.96

6.96

答：〈化城〉云「生已度想、生安穩想。」執教作解，是故不索。評曰：不然。尋三根人皆有索也。身子疑云「我今自於知疑惑不能了，為是究竟法、為是所行道？」即是上根索也。第二周中有索車譬，驗中根人必有索也。上中二人既索，即知下根亦索。

Answer: The chapter on "The Conjured City" states: "They conceive the thought of having already crossed over, and conceive the thought of safety and peace." They cling to the teaching to form their understanding, and therefore do not ask. Critical appraisal: This is not so. Upon examination, persons of all three faculties ask. Śāriputra doubted, saying: "I now doubt and am confused about my own knowledge, unable to understand: Is this the ultimate Dharma, or is this the path to be traversed?" This is the person of superior faculties asking. In the second cycle [of preaching] there is the parable of asking for carriages, which proves that persons of middling faculties must ask. Since both the superior and middling persons ask, one thereby knows that those of inferior faculties also ask.