法華玄論 8.52

8.52

Answer: Because the five persons and the eighty thousand devas all attained the initial path. Furthermore, at the first exposition, people of sharp faculties engendered the path of seeing, while those of medium and lower [faculties] had not yet awakened, all remaining before the path of seeing. At the second exposition, people of sharp faculties reached the path of cultivation, people of medium faculties were on the path of seeing, and people of lower faculties had not yet entered the seeing of the truths. At the third exposition, people of superior faculties attained the path beyond learning, people of medium faculties attained the path of cultivation, and people of lower faculties attained the path of seeing. The three wisdoms are likewise: a person of sharp faculties, upon hearing the single exposition, attains the wisdom born of hearing, while the two [other kinds of] persons have not yet attained it. At the second exposition, the person of sharp faculties attains the wisdom born of reflection, and the person of medium faculties attains the wisdom born of hearing. At the third exposition, the person of sharp faculties attains the wisdom born of cultivation, the person of medium faculties attains the wisdom born of reflection, and the person of lower faculties attains the wisdom born of hearing.