天台四教儀 1.44

1.44

Answer: What prevents commoners from entering and exiting the Suzaku Gate? Therefore, although the persons include the small, the teaching is definitely Mahāyāna. That the Mahāyāna accommodates the small so as to gradually guide them into the real—is this not skillful? That which is in the Prajñā and Vaipulya divisions, such as the "shared Prajñā," is precisely this teaching. The brief explanation of the shared teaching is concluded.