妙法蓮華經玄贊 7.77

7.77

Commentary: Third: because the Buddha did not expound it for us, we did not aspire. Discerning us and seeing that our faculties were not yet mature, he therefore saw fit to forsake us, never encouraging us to cultivate the Mahāyāna or expounding that there is true benefit; therefore we did not aspire. The initial 'did not encourage' is based on this present life onward; it is not that he had never encouraged us, for he had already encouraged us long ago.