翻譯名義集 1.124

1.124

The Fahua lun clarifies four kinds of śrāvakas: first, fixed śrāvakas, because they are determined to enter [nirvāṇa] without remainder; second, śrāvakas of overweening pride, because they claim realization when they have not realized; third, śrāvakas who retrogressed from bodhi, because they regressed from the Great and adopted the Lesser; fourth, provisional śrāvakas of transformation, because they inwardly conceal [their realization] and outwardly manifest [as śrāvakas]. The treatise itself explains: the latter two receive prediction, while the former two do not, because their faculties are dull and not yet mature. Tiantai adds the śrāvakas of the Buddha-path, based on the sūtras' statement that all are made to hear through the voice of the Buddha-path, which according to the sense refers to recent entrants. Furthermore, it terms the fixed śrāvakas and those who retrogress from bodhi as 'abiding in the fruit'. Jingxi, basing himself on the three kinds of encounters, states that the third only treats meeting the Lesser and does not treat meeting the Great, which is termed 'originally abiding in the Lesser'. Therefore, the meanings of śrāvaka are vast and manifold.