瑜伽論記 8.282

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One explanation: These are hypothetical words. If a person without gotra even encountered a good spiritual friend and generated the aspiration to practice, they still could not realize unexcelled awakening, not to mention that they cannot even generate the aspiration, practice, and so on. The second explanation says: If a person without gotra, based on meritorious wholesome seeds, generates the aspiration to practice, because it is tainted, they ultimately cannot attain unexcelled awakening. The third explanation says: This is spoken in terms of the two vehicles who lack the Mahāyāna gotra; although relying on the taintless gotra of the two vehicles they generate the mind of the two vehicles and diligently cultivate the preparatory praxis of the two vehicles, they ultimately cannot attain unexcelled awakening.