妙法蓮華經玄贊 2.229

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Arhat is properly translated as “Worthy” (ying). The Vijñaptimātratāsiddhi states: “He ought to have perpetually slain the thieves of afflictions, ought to have no delimited rebirth, and ought to receive wondrous offerings.” As previously explained, the root treatise's interpretation of the sūtra has fifteen meanings; yet the Yogācārabhūmi and this sūtra merely take slaying the thieves of afflictions as the name Arhat, and perpetually severing cognitive obscurations as Samyaksambuddha. Therefore the Yogācārabhūmi says: “Arhat is a shared virtue; from Samyaksambuddha downward are unshared virtues.” Anciently it was called Zheng-bian-zhi (correct and universal knowledge), namely correct awakening, equal awakening, and correct equal awakening, which sequentially differentiate from the three kinds: non-Buddhists, the Hīnayāna, and bodhisattvas.