成唯識論演祕 2.392

2.392

詳曰：今取後釋。如二乘者迴趣大乘至於初地，名得聖性。若得小聖即全名聖，無異生義，何至初地云得聖耶？若云得彼大乘聖性名得聖者，未得大前何得不名為異生耶？又此但云未成諸聖名為異生，不言小獲即全名聖。

Examination: We now adopt the latter explanation. Just as when followers of the two vehicles turn toward the Mahāyāna and reach the first bhūmi, they are said to attain the noble nature. If obtaining a lesser noble status meant one were entirely called a noble one, without any sense of being an ordinary person, why would reaching the first bhūmi be called attaining the noble state? If it is said that obtaining that Mahāyāna noble nature is called attaining the noble state, why, before obtaining the Mahāyāna, would one not be called an ordinary person? Furthermore, this text merely says that not achieving the noble [dharmas] is called an ordinary person; it does not say that acquiring a small fraction means one is entirely called a noble one.