四明尊者教行錄 4.78

4.78

Question 1: Doubt concerning whether śrāvakas of definite nature attain Buddhahood or not. The *Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra* states: "For śrāvakas who have attained the foremost destination, even if all Buddhas strive with all their might to teach and transform them, they cannot make them sit in the bodhimaṇḍa and attain unexcelled bodhi; I declare them to be 'śrāvakas of quiescent extinction'." The *Vijñaptimātratāsiddhi Śāstra* states: "When śrāvakas of definite nature enter nirvāṇa without remainder, their body and wisdom are both extinguished, just like empty space; they are no longer counted among sentient beings, and will never again give rise to the mind [of bodhi]." Since the sūtras and treatises are like this, how does the Tiantai school interpret the passages of the *Saṃdhinirmocana* and *Vijñapti[mātratā]* to demonstrate the principle that śrāvakas of definite nature attain Buddhahood?