法華論疏 2.592

2.592

Question: The sūtra says that all roots of goodness achieve Buddhahood; why does [the treatise] only say that the good of generating the bodhicitta alone achieves Buddhahood? Answer: Although the Buddha's intention is that one cultivates all goodness, it is necessary that one generates the bodhicitta. Furthermore, all goodness is merely relied upon as causes and conditions for generating the bodhicitta; in the end one must generate the bodhicitta. Bodhicitta is the Buddha-mind; only by generating the Buddha-mind can one achieve Buddhahood. "The Venerable Śāriputra spoke in verse": from above until now, the explanation of the "Skillful Means Chapter" is concluded.