瑜伽論記 12.225

12.225

基述三藏言：有經言：佛告慈氏，汝波羅門家生，我剎帝利家生，我是右脇而生，汝是頂上化生，我受八十，汝年六萬歲等，此則有經與彌勒經相違。勘問攝生周盡文云：唯除凡地菩薩受生此取有智菩薩為五生者，有二釋。一云，唯取入於十信已上乃至十地為此五生，不取十信已前外凡種姓菩薩所受生也。二釋：唯取大地有智菩薩為物受生，不取地前凡地菩薩，以於眾生未平等故，初地至七地來所受五生通於變化，八地已上唯變化生，三藏存後釋好。

Ji relates the Tripiṭaka Master's words: a sūtra says: 'The Buddha told Maitreya: "You are born in a Brahmin family, while I was born in a Kṣatriya family; I was born from the right flank, while you are transformed and born from the crown of the head; I live for eighty [years], while your lifespan is sixty thousand years," and so forth.' This sūtra conflicts with the Maitreya Sūtra. In collating and examining the comprehensive text on gathering births, which states, 'only excluding the taking of birth by bodhisattvas on the mundane stages,' regarding taking the wise bodhisattvas to have five births, there are two explanations. One says: it only takes those who have entered the ten faiths and above up to the ten stages as having these five births, not taking the births assumed by bodhisattvas of the external mundane gotra prior to the ten faiths. The second explanation: it only takes the wise bodhisattvas on the great stages who take birth for the sake of sentient beings, not taking bodhisattvas on the mundane stages prior to the stages, because their [mind] toward sentient beings is not yet equal. The five births assumed from the first stage up to the seventh stage encompass transformations, while from the eighth stage and above they are solely transformation births. The Tripiṭaka Master favored the latter explanation as superior.