法華義疏 5.163

5.163

二乘自謂究竟，其病則重，故由未得解；凡夫無有斯疾，故初聞即悟。三毒輕重則聖勝於凡，若信一乘難易則凡勝於聖。又此中凡聖多是權行影嚮，共弘道利人，自陳領悟用引物也。

Those of the two vehicles considered themselves to have reached the ultimate, so their ailment was severe; thus they were not yet able to attain understanding. Ordinary beings had no such affliction, and so awakened immediately upon initial hearing. In the severity of the three poisons, the noble surpass the ordinary; but in the ease or difficulty of believing in the ekayāna, the ordinary surpass the noble. Furthermore, many among these ordinary and noble beings were provisional manifestations acting as echoes, jointly promoting the Path to benefit beings, and stating their own comprehension in order to guide others.