法苑珠林 21.33

21.33

爾時婆羅門聞已發心出家得阿羅漢道。又寶性論云。為六種人故說三寶。一調御師。二調御師法。三調御師弟子。何等為六種人。一大乘。二中乘。三小乘。四信佛。五信法。六信僧。又僧伽吒經云。時有一切勇菩提薩埵白佛言。世尊。何因緣故。此會眾生得發菩提。佛言。一切勇。乃往過去無數阿僧祇劫有佛世尊。號曰寶德。我時作摩納之子。此會眾生住佛智慧者。往昔之時悉在鹿中。我時發願。如是諸鹿我皆令住佛智慧中。時鹿聞已尋皆發願得如是。一切勇。此會大眾因彼善根當得阿耨菩提。

Thereupon the brāhmaṇa, having heard this, aroused the mind [for awakening], left the household life, and attained the path of an arhat. Furthermore, the Ratnagotravibhāga states: 'For the sake of six kinds of persons the Three Jewels are spoken of: first, the Tamer; second, the Dharma of the Tamer; third, the disciples of the Tamer. What are the six kinds of persons? First, those of the Mahāyāna; second, those of the Middle Vehicle; third, those of the Hīnayāna; fourth, those who believe in the Buddha; fifth, those who believe in the Dharma; sixth, those who believe in the Saṃgha.' Furthermore, the Saṅghāṭa-sūtra says: 'At that time the bodhisattva Sarvaśūra addressed the Buddha, saying: "World-Honoured One, through what causes and conditions did the sentient beings of this assembly come to arouse bodhi?" The Buddha said: "Sarvaśūra, in the past, countless asaṃkhyeya kalpas ago, there was a Buddha, a World-Honoured One, named Ratnaguṇa. At that time I was a young brāhmaṇa (māṇava). The sentient beings of this assembly who abide in the Buddha's wisdom were in that former time all among the deer. At that time I made a vow: 'May I cause all such deer to abide in the Buddha's wisdom.' When the deer heard this, they immediately all made the vow to attain likewise. Sarvaśūra, through those roots of good, the great assembly of this gathering shall attain anuttarā [samyak-saṃbodhi]."'