五性

The five different natures as grouped by the 法相宗 Dharmalakṣana sect; of these the first and second, while able to attain to non-return to mortality, are unable to reach Buddhahood; of the fourth some may, others may not reach it; the fifth will be reborn as devas or men:

(1) (sa) śrāvakas for arhats;

(2) pratyekabuddhas for (sa) pratyekabuddha-hood;

(3) bodhisattvas for Buddhahood;

(4) indefinite;

(5) outsiders who have not the Buddha mind. The <Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment> 圓覺經 has another group, i. e. the natures of

(1) ordinary good people;

(2) (sa) śrāvakas and (sa) pratyekabuddhas;

(3) bodhisattvas;

(4) indefinite;

(5) heretics.