The Deep Meaning of Saving Beings

“If a person says: 'The Tathagata gave explanations for each Sutra and Vinaya, as numerous as the sands of the Ganges River, but our Vinaya does not contain any of them. There is nothing about them. If there are [such explanations], how is it that the Tathagata does not exposed them in my Vinaya? So, I cannot believe in them’. If a person speaks thus, know that this person is committing a sin. A person can still say: 'Such Sutras and Vinaya [the Hynayana] I shall well uphold. Why? Because they are the reason of good doctrine, of being satisfied, of desiring little, of cutting off illusions, and so one gains Wisdom and Nirvana’. Any person who says thus, is not my disciple. If a person says: 'The Tathagata gave us the (Mahayana) Vaipulya Sutras in order to save beings’, such a person is my true disciple. Any person who does not accept the Vaipulya Sutras is not my disciple. Such a person is not one who became a priest because of the Buddhist teachings. Such a person is malicious, wicked, and is nothing more than a disciple of the Tirthikas. Such Sutras and Vinayas (the Vaipulya), as mentioned above, are what the Buddha granted. If not so, they are nothing more than what Mara says. Any person who follows what Mara says is the kindred of Mara; anyone who follows what the Buddha says is a Bodhisattva.”

Read More on the Nirvana Sutra, Chapter 9 - On Wrong and Right.