法華玄論 7.162

7.162

答：雖有五種聲聞，但法華教起正為二人，以發軫學小令改小而信大，退大為小亦令還學本大，故但為二人也。權行人乃是欲誘引此二種人，故不須為也。以佛道聲令一切聞，即是前二人得悟。能以佛道聲令一切聞，為之已竟，亦不須為也。增上慢者憚教不受，如五千之徒，此未可為也。

Answer: Although there are five kinds of śrāvakas, the Lotus teaching arose primarily for two kinds of persons: to cause those who set out learning the Hinayāna from the start to abandon the Small and have faith in the Great, and to cause those who regressed from the Mahāyāna to the Hinayāna to return to learning their original Great [Vehicle]; hence it is only for these two kinds of persons. Practitioners of provisional manifestation merely seek to entice and guide these two kinds of persons, so it does not need to be for them. Causing all to hear with the voice of the Buddha path means that the former two kinds of persons attain awakening. Those who are already able to cause all to hear with the voice of the Buddha path have already had it done for them, so it does not need to be for them either. Those of overweening pride dread the teaching and do not accept it, such as the company of five thousand; it cannot yet be for them.