法華玄論 5.63

5.63

Answer: Provisionally distinguishing them: bodhisattvas are of superior capacity, pratyekabuddhas are of middling capacity, and śrāvakas are of inferior capacity. If so, both bodhisattvas and pratyekabuddhas surpass śrāvakas, so hearing the first round they both awaken. Discussing further: sharp-capacity pratyekabuddhas surpass śrāvakas and can be called of superior capacity. The *Explanatory Treatise* says: 'Dull-capacity pratyekabuddhas do not equal Śāriputra.' If so, they can be equated with the inferior capacity, awakening only at the three rounds of teaching. Bodhisattvas are not fixed: those of initial resolve and those of long practice are all bodhisattvas. Now, discussing generally: if bodhisattvas have capacities equal to the three grades of śrāvakas, they should awaken throughout the three rounds; sharp-capacity bodhisattvas who are of the same grade as Śāriputra awaken immediately upon hearing the first round; the middling and inferior two grades are also like this. However, bodhisattvas' grasping at difference and delusion are light, and moreover they lack the delusion of clinging to their own [attainment] as ultimate; therefore, sharp and dull bodhisattvas all awaken upon hearing the first round. How is this known? Below, in Śāriputra receiving prophecy, humans, devas, and the eight classes know that all receive prophecy. Therefore, although ordinary persons are of dull capacity, their delusion is light, and although Śāriputra is of sharp capacity, his delusion is heavy; thus both attain awakening in the first round.