大般涅槃經集解 2.71

2.71

Sengzong comments: From the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka Sūtra onward, all have come to be called bodhisattvas; before that, they could not be so called. Baoliang says: The terms 'true' and 'provisional' have three levels according to the teachings: first, adjudging the noble to be true and the ordinary to be provisional; second, taking the two vehicles as provisional in meaning and bodhisattvas as true; third, calling those who believe in permanence true and those whose faith is not yet established provisional. Here, the judgment is made according to the third level, clarifying that all these individuals have dual understanding of the six practices.