Quotes from the Lotus Sutra, Vol. 3
“You should understand, Kaśyapa: By causal explanations and various kinds of parables, I open and reveal the Buddha way. This is my method of skillful means; all Buddhas do the same. What I teach you and the others now is the utmost truth: None has attained extinction as a śrāvaka; what you are practicing is the Bodhisattva way. As you gradually practice and learn, every one of you should become a Buddha.”
Reference: Gene Reeves, A Contemporary Translation of a Buddhist Classics, 2008, p,168
(Translated scriptural passage based on the rendition of Gene Reeves)
《妙法蓮華經》卷三
藥草喻品 第五
「迦葉當知以諸因緣、種種譬喻開示佛道，是我方便諸佛亦然。今為汝等說最實事：諸聲聞眾皆非滅度；汝等所行是菩薩道，漸漸修學悉當成佛。」