佛祖統紀 1.89

1.89

The author remarks: In my humble examination of the doctrine of the Tathāgata's original [ground] and traces, because looking between past and present involves mutually long and short origins, it cannot be differentiated by the views of the lesser and greater capacities. Now discussing it broadly according to the various sections and comparing it with the subtlety of the *Lotus Sūtra*'s opening and revealing, the views of the lesser and greater capacities cannot but be scrutinized. For example, regarding just the single eight phases, there are distinctions between lesser and greater, which stems from the difference in capacities and views.