法華論疏 3.168

3.168

The import of the difficulty is: if śrāvakas actually attain buddhahood, why do bodhisattvas cultivate immeasurable merit over immeasurable kalpas? Therefore it is now explained: that śrāvakas obtain vyākaraṇa is merely that they attain a resolute mind. Saying that they "attain a resolute mind" means that resoluteness is called faith; they attain entry into the stage of the ten faiths, not because they have fulfilled the dharmatā. This directly answers the question. The text below clarifies that the dharmatā is precisely the dharmakāya; the śrāvakas have not yet perfected the dharmakāya. First clarifying that they attain a resolute mind refers to the beginning of the ten faiths; not fulfilling the dharmatā means that they have not yet attained ultimate cultivation.