法華玄論 6.85

6.85

Question: You cite the Saddharmapuṇḍarīkopadeśa to prove that prior to this they did not demand; I can also cite the Saddharmapuṇḍarīkopadeśa to prove that there are bodhisattvas demanding. In the treatise's explanation of the text on alarm and fear during the three requests, it says: "There are five kinds of alarm and fear. First is the alarm and fear of impairment: as when persons of the two vehicles grasp the small as real and slander the Mahāyāna as non-existent. Second is the alarm and fear of many tasks: because persons of the Mahāyāna give rise to this thought: 'I must practice the bodhisattva path for immeasurable and boundless kalpas.' Giving rise to an alarmed mind, they give rise to a mind that grasps a different vehicle. Third is the alarm and fear of inversion: discerning self and what belongs to the self, seeing that one's body is not good. Fourth is the alarm and fear of regret: as Śāriputra said: 'I should not have realized such a small vehicle.' Fifth is the alarm and fear of deception: bhikṣus of overweening pride spoke thus: 'Why has the tathāgata deceived me?'" Looking at these five alarms and fears, in the second there is the bodhisattva's alarm, hence there is the bodhisattva's demand; in the fourth, Śāriputra regrets, hence prior to this he had already demanded. Would not your interpretation contradict the treatise?