大乘起信論裂網疏 5.76

5.76

This clarifies that even though the stage of first arousing the mind in the gradual teaching has already severed the delusions of view and is on a par with the first fruit, there is also no falling back into bad destinies; this is merely a provisional statement to spur on beginners. Falling back into the stage of the two vehicles, however, may indeed occur.