入楞伽心玄義 1.12

1.12

初者，此經及餘俱說，眾生有五性差別：一菩薩種性、二緣覺性、三聲聞性、四於上三乘不定種性、五定無三乘性。若依權教大乘有二義：一於此五中唯菩薩種性及不定性是此所為，餘皆非器，以性各定故。二亦兼為，令於自位各得利益，終不能獲入大乘益。若依實教大乘有其三義：一、現所被，謂菩薩種性及不定性。二、轉生被，謂定性二乘要入涅槃後受變易身方入大乘，如須陀洹八萬劫乃至辟支十千劫等，如《涅槃》說。又《法華》云「彼人雖生滅度之想入於涅槃，而於彼土求佛智慧（云云）。」《智論》云「有妙淨土出過三界，阿羅漢當生其中。」彼論亦引此文也。三、遠被，謂無性眾生障重難入，既有佛性久久會當入此法中，如《佛性論》及《寶性論》說。又《涅槃》中「凡諸有心皆有佛性」等。是故五性皆是所為，悉皆當得大菩提故。

First, as both this sūtra and others explain, sentient beings have differences among five lineages: first, the bodhisattva lineage; second, the pratyekabuddha lineage; third, the śrāvaka lineage; fourth, the lineage undetermined among the above three vehicles; fifth, the lineage definitively devoid of the three vehicles. If relying on the provisional teaching of the Mahāyāna, there are two meanings: First, among these five, only the bodhisattva lineage and the undetermined lineage are what this [teaching] is intended for; the rest are not suitable vessels, because their lineages are each fixed. Second, it is also incidentally for them, causing each to gain benefit at their own stage, yet ultimately they cannot attain the benefit of entering the Mahāyāna. If relying on the definitive teaching of the Mahāyāna, there are three meanings: First, those presently addressed, namely the bodhisattva lineage and the undetermined lineage. Second, those addressed through rebirth, meaning that those of the two vehicles of determined lineage must enter nirvāṇa and afterward receive a body of transformation before entering the Mahāyāna, as in the case of a srotāpanna taking eighty thousand kalpas and up to a pratyekabuddha taking ten thousand kalpas, as explained in the Nirvāṇa [Sūtra]. Furthermore, the Lotus [Sūtra] states: "Although that person conceives the thought of extinction and enters nirvāṇa, yet in that land they seek the Buddha's wisdom," and so forth. The Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa states: "There is a wondrous pure land that transcends the three realms, into which arhats will be born." That treatise also cites this text. Third, those addressed from afar, meaning that sentient beings without lineage have heavy obstacles and difficulty in entering, yet since they possess the Buddha-nature, after a long time they will eventually enter into this Dharma, as explained in the Buddha-Nature Treatise and the Ratnagotravibhāga. Furthermore, in the Nirvāṇa [Sūtra] it is said: "All who have minds possess the Buddha-nature," and so forth. Therefore, all five lineages are what [this teaching] is intended for, because all will certainly attain great bodhi.