觀無量壽佛經疏 1.62

1.62

答曰：「但以取便而言，義無差別。當華開之時，此人身器清淨正堪聞法，亦不簡大小。但使得聞即便生信，是以觀音不為說小，先為說大。聞大歡喜即發無上道心，即名大乘種生，亦名大乘心生。又當華開時，觀音先為說小乘者，聞小生信，即名二乘種生，亦名二乘心生。此品既爾，下二亦然。此三品人俱在彼發心，正由聞大即大乘種生。由不聞小故，所以二乘種不生。凡言種者即是其心也。上來解二乘種不生義竟。女人及根缺義者，彼無故，可知。又十方眾生，修小乘戒行，願往生者，一無妨礙，悉得往生。但到彼先證小果，證已即轉向大。一轉向大以去，更不退生二乘之心，故名二乘種不生。前解就不定之始，後解就小果之終也。應知。」

I answer: Merely speaking for convenience, in meaning there is no distinction. When the flower opens, this person's bodily capacity is pure and just suited to hear the Dharma; it does not select between Great and Small. As long as he is enabled to hear it, he immediately gives rise to faith. Therefore, Avalokiteśvara does not preach the Small for him, but first preaches the Great for him. Hearing the Great, he rejoices and immediately gives rise to the mind of the unsurpassed path; this is called the arising of the seed of the Mahāyāna, and is also called the arising of the Mahāyāna mind. Furthermore, if when the flower opens, Avalokiteśvara were to preach the Hīnayāna first for him, and hearing the Small he gave rise to faith, this would be called the arising of the seed of the two vehicles, and also called the arising of the mind of the two vehicles. Since this grade is like this, the lower two are also like this. The people of these three grades all generate the mind there precisely because hearing the Great gives rise to the seed of the Mahāyāna. Because they do not hear the Small, the seed of the two vehicles does not arise. Whenever one speaks of 'seed', it is just that mind. The above explanation of the meaning that the seed of the two vehicles is not born is concluded. As for the meaning regarding women and those with defective faculties: because they do not exist there, it can be known. Furthermore, when sentient beings of the ten directions who cultivate the precepts and practices of the Small Vehicle vow to be reborn, there is no obstacle whatsoever and all attain rebirth. However, arriving there, they first realize the small fruit; having realized it, they immediately turn toward the Great. From the moment they turn toward the Great onward, they never again regress to generate the mind of the two vehicles; therefore it is said that 'the seed of the two vehicles is not born.' The former explanation is in terms of the beginning of the indeterminate [state]; the latter explanation is in terms of the end of the small fruit. This should be understood.