注大乘入楞伽經 9.42
English (machine translation) 9.42
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9.42
Because śrāvakas realize nirvāṇa without remainder and consider themselves to be Buddhas, the Buddha expediently bestows predictions upon them, saying that śrāvakas abiding in the bliss of samādhi will ultimately attain the body of the Tathāgata. This causes them spontaneously to realize they are not Buddhas, and advance toward the Mahāyāna nirvāṇa without remainder. For initial bodhisattvas who delight in the śrāvaka Dharma, it also causes them to abandon this mind and advance in cultivating the great practice, and transformation Buddhas give predictions to transformed śrāvakas. In the Tathāgata of dharmatā, there is no such thing; these are all spoken as an expedient secret. This answers the first question.
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