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法華義疏 7.17

法華義疏 7.17

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7.17

但入十信初心。故《涅槃經》云「須陀洹人八萬劫到,乃至辟支佛人十千劫到」,所言到者至十住初心,故知迴小入大未具十信也。真諦三藏云:「闡提有二:一、凡夫;二者、二乘」。凡夫闡提不信三一,二乘闡提信三不信一。今聞《法華》破三,始得入菩薩十信位。所言十信者,信、進、念、定、慧五根為五,第六不退心,第七迴向心,第八戒心,第九護心,第十願心。

They only enter the initial mind of the ten faiths. Therefore the Nirvāṇa Sūtra says: "A srotāpanna arrives after eighty thousand kalpas... up to a pratyekabuddha who arrives after ten thousand kalpas." What is referred to as "arriving" means reaching the initial mind of the ten abodes; therefore we know that upon turning from the small and entering the great, one has not yet fulfilled the ten faiths. Tripiṭaka Master Paramārtha said: "There are two kinds of icchantikas: first, ordinary people; second, the two vehicles." The icchantika of ordinary people believes in neither the three nor the one; the icchantika of the two vehicles believes in the three but does not believe in the one. Now hearing the Lotus Sūtra refute the three, they first manage to enter the bodhisattva stage of the ten faiths. As for the ten faiths, the five faculties of faith, vigor, mindfulness, concentration, and wisdom constitute five; the sixth is the mind of non-retrogression; the seventh is the mind of dedication; the eighth is the mind of morality; the ninth is the mind of protection; and the tenth is the mind of aspiration.

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