華嚴一乘教義分齊章 2.28
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2.28
Second, regarding the stage of non-retrogression: according to the Fo xing lun, the śrāvaka reaches the patience regarding suffering, the pratyekabuddha reaches the highest worldly dharma, and the bodhisattva reaches the ten dedications; only then are they all non-retrogressing. One should know that the śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas here are not foolish regarding phenomena; therefore, they are all persons of the Three Vehicles within this initial teaching. One may also say that before the bodhisattva stages, it is generally spoken of as retrogressing, because they still fall into the various miserable destinies, as the Yogācārabhūmi says: "If bodhisattvas abide in the stage of adhimukticaryā, they still go to the miserable destinies, and this exhausts the first immeasurable great eon," and so forth.
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