維摩經略疏垂裕記 7.76

7.76

Third, resolving the doubt regarding those of superior faculties in the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā. Jingxi says: As for the question concerning the passage above, etc., this is based on the above meaning of many of the five flavors, consistently setting the Nirvāṇa Sūtra in contrast to the Lotus Sūtra as superior and inferior; hence the members of the two vehicles all reach the Lotus Sūtra and enter the dharmadhātu. Why then is this so in the Ratnagotravibhāga? Answer: The Ratnagotravibhāga is concerned solely with the capacities of bodhisattvas entering the One Vehicle, hence it speaks of "persons of the One Vehicle." As for persons of the two vehicles, they are superior in the Lotus Sūtra. Speaking of the two vehicles clarifies what is shared by the Mahayana and Hinayana.