大般涅槃經義記 6.80

6.80

上來廣辯二乘無竟，下次會通，今言異昔，故須會之。迦葉先問，「若聲聞等一切無者」牒佛今語，「云何」已下以今徵昔，雖舉舍利及大目連，為取拘絺，「如其無」下重復結徵。下佛為會，文別有三：一對勝彰劣，明二乘人四無礙智劣於菩薩，故今說無；二「我為凡」下對劣顯勝，「勝過凡夫」故昔言有；三「聲聞人或得一」下以理辯釋。

The broad explanation of the two vehicles' lack is now completed; next, it reconciles and synthesizes them: since the present teaching differs from the past, they must be reconciled. Kāśyapa first asks: "If śrāvakas and the like entirely lack them" restates the Buddha's present words; from "How is it" onward, he queries the past by means of the present: although citing Śāriputra and Mahāmaudgalyāyana, he takes Koṭṭhita [as the main point]; from "If they lack them" onward, he repeatedly concludes his query. Below, the Buddha reconciles them for him, with three distinct textual sections: first, contrasting the superior to reveal the inferior, clarifying that the four unobstructed knowledges of the two vehicles are inferior to those of bodhisattvas, which is why he now says they lack them; second, from "For ordinary persons, I" onward, contrasting the inferior to reveal the superior: because they "surpass ordinary persons," he previously said they possess them; third, from "A śrāvaka may attain one" onward, he explains and clarifies by means of principle.