瑜伽論記 20.209

20.209

次成立大乘教起因緣。景云：由彼西國諸部小乘皆不信有大乘理教，見學大乘者名為空華，汝立真如本來是有不生不滅，與彼外道立我本有不生不滅有何異耶？又汝所依大乘教門佛於何處而說，為何人請誰請佛說有何略何廣說，故汝所立大乘教門不可依信，我寧依彼塗灰外道，由如此事故立大乘教起。

Next is establishing the causes and conditions for the arising of the Mahāyāna teaching. Jing says: Because the various Hīnayāna schools in that western country (India) do not believe in the principles and teachings of the Mahāyāna, they see those who study the Mahāyāna and call them 'flowers in the sky' [asking:] 'You establish that tathatā is fundamentally existent, unarisen and unceasing; what difference is there between this and those non-Buddhists who establish a self that is fundamentally existent, unarisen and unceasing? Furthermore, in what place did the Buddha teach the Mahāyāna approach to the Dharma on which you rely? For whom did he teach it, upon whose request did the Buddha teach it, and what concise and what detailed explanations did he give? Therefore, the Mahāyāna approach to the Dharma that you establish cannot be relied upon or trusted; I would rather rely on those ash-smearing non-Buddhists!' Because of such matters, the reasons for the arising of the Mahāyāna teaching are established.