法華玄論 7.154

7.154

答：索車中已明，餘未盡者更序其相。但聲聞有二種：一發軫學小、二者退大為小。三車為發軫學小人，令出三界當得三乘。若化城譬者，為退大為小人，本求佛乘，憚佛道長遠欲退受人天之樂，故於中路為止息，說二涅槃也。然通而為論，二文皆含兩義，取其正意則如向說也。

Answer: This was already clarified under "seeking the carriages"; what remains incomplete will now be further laid out in its characteristics. Śrāvakas are of two kinds: first, those who set out learning the Hinayāna from the start; second, those who regressed from the Mahāyāna to the Hinayāna. The three carriages are for those who set out learning the Hinayāna from the start, causing them to leave the three realms and destined to obtain the three vehicles. As for the parable of the conjured city, it is for those who regressed from the Mahāyāna to the Hinayāna: they originally sought the Buddha vehicle, but dreading the length and distance of the Buddha path, they wished to regress and enjoy the pleasures of humans and devas; therefore, as a resting place midway, [the Buddha] taught the two nirvāṇas for them. However, speaking generally, both passages contain both meanings; if one takes their primary intentions, they are as just explained.