觀無量壽經義疏 1.8.5

1.8.5

下輩亦三，所謂下上、下中、下下。 於彼大乘始學人中，隨過輕重分為三品。 未有道位難辨階阩，人別如是。 此一門竟。

The inferior grade also has three, namely, inferior-superior, inferior-intermediate, and inferior-inferior. Among those beginners in the Great Vehicle, they are divided into three grades according to the gravity of their transgressions. Not yet having attained stages of the path, their distinctions of rank are difficult to discern. The distinctions among persons are thus. This finishes the first section.