法華玄論 6.16

6.16

Answer: Non-Buddhists also completely sever the afflictions of the three realms; can one say that once afflictions are exhausted, one immediately knows the one vehicle? Persons of the two vehicles are only one step superior to ordinary persons; they should not be placed on par with bodhisattvas. Furthermore, it is objected: If severing afflictions necessarily means knowing the common convergence into the eternal, then non-Buddhists who sever them should also be like this.