法華玄論 7.126

7.126

次明五種聲聞得記不得記義。一者退大學小聲聞，如身子之流；二者發軫學小聲聞；三者以佛道聲令一切聞；四內祕菩薩行外現為聲聞；五增上慢聲聞。增上慢聲聞中復有二種：一者得四禪時謂得四果，如《釋論》出之，得初禪時謂得初果，乃至得四禪時謂得第四果。二者不必得禪，但偏修厭觀三毒不起，謂得羅漢也。次明得記不得記者，若退大為小聲聞，約位判者，是六心以下人，但是未發心授記也。若發軫學小聲聞，亦是未發心授記也。但此二人優劣不同，初人已曾發心，但發心未成就，故名未發心；第二人都未發心也。若第三以佛道聲令一切聞，此位既通，從初發心至佛皆是聲聞也。若取中根人領解自稱以佛道聲令一切聞者，此正就位不退義判，屬發心授記也。內祕菩薩行，此位亦通，從位不退已上皆能有此事，而取登地去，此人有是現前得記也。增上慢聲聞有三種人：一者亦得聞經亦得授記，如常不輕菩薩為增上慢聲聞說《法華經》及為授記，此是未發心授記也。二者不得聞經不得授記，如《釋論》所出得四禪者，此人命終墮無間獄也。三者得髣髴聞而不得授記，則五千之徒得聞略說而不得記也。

Next, the meaning of the five kinds of śrāvakas receiving prophecies or not receiving prophecies is explained. First are śrāvakas who regressed from the Great to study the Lesser, such as the cohort of Śāriputra. Second are śrāvakas who from the outset studied the Lesser. Third are those who make the voice of the Buddha path heard by all. Fourth are those who internally conceal bodhisattva practice and externally manifest as śrāvakas. Fifth are śrāvakas of overweening pride. Among śrāvakas of overweening pride, there are again two kinds: First are those who, upon attaining the four dhyānas, think they have attained the four fruits—as explained in the Treatise [on the Great Perfection of Wisdom], upon attaining the first dhyāna they think they have attained the first fruit, up to attaining the fourth dhyāna, when they think they have attained the fourth fruit. Second are those who do not necessarily attain dhyāna, but merely cultivate the contemplation of revulsion in a biased manner so that the three poisons do not arise, and think they have attained arhathood. Next, regarding receiving or not receiving prophecies: If it is a śrāvaka who regressed from the Great to become Lesser, determined according to stage, they are a person of the sixth mind or below; it is merely a prophecy before generating the aspiration. If it is a śrāvaka who from the outset studied the Lesser, it is also a prophecy before generating the aspiration. However, these two persons differ in excellence and inferiority: the first person had previously generated the aspiration, but the generation of the aspiration was not perfected, hence it is called 'not yet generating the aspiration'; the second person has not generated the aspiration at all. As for the third, who make the voice of the Buddha path heard by all, since this stage is broad, from the initial generation of the aspiration up to buddhahood they are all śrāvakas. If one takes people of middling capacity who through understanding refer to themselves as making the voice of the Buddha path heard by all, this is precisely determined in terms of the meaning of non-regression in stage, belonging to prophecy upon generating the aspiration. As for internally concealing bodhisattva practice, this stage is also broad; from non-regression in stage and above, all can have this, but taking it from ascending the bhūmis onward, this person receives a prophecy face-to-face. Among śrāvakas of overweening pride, there are three kinds of people: First are those who also get to hear the sūtra and also get to receive a prophecy, such as when Bodhisattva Sadāparibhūta preached the Lotus Sūtra for śrāvakas of overweening pride and bestowed prophecies upon them; this is a prophecy before generating the aspiration. Second are those who do not get to hear the sūtra and do not get to receive a prophecy, such as those who attained the four dhyānas mentioned in the Treatise [on the Great Perfection of Wisdom]; this person falls into the Avīci hell upon the end of life. Third are those who get to hear indistinctly but do not get to receive a prophecy; that is, the company of five thousand who get to hear the brief exposition but do not receive a prophecy.