法華義疏 3.124

3.124

The reasons for addressing the śrāvakas, according to the meaning in the Fahua lun, are five: 1. to cause śrāvakas to cultivate the great cause; 2. to cause them to attain the great result; 3. to cause śrāvakas not to be faint-hearted in cultivating the great cause and attaining the great result; 4. wishing to cause other people to reflect properly—namely, showing that when the Buddha addresses those of small aspiration he still causes them to become Buddhas, so how could other people not seek to become Buddhas?; 5. to cause śrāvakas not to give rise to the notion of 'what was to be done has been done'—hence previously he caused them to grasp the great result, and now he causes them to discard the lesser result.