Two views of the relative and absolute subtleties in the essential section of the Lotus Sūtra are not stated in various pre-Lotus sūtras. Neither are they seen in the theoretical section of the Lotus Sūtra. Both the pre-Lotus sūtras and the theoretical section of the Lotus Sūtra, somewhat different, seem to suggest that the Two Vehicles eliminate delusions in view and thought, and that bodhisattvas eliminate fundamental ignorance; however, they do not allow for it in the end. From the viewpoint of the “Life Span of the Buddha” chapter in the essential section of the Lotus Sūtra, it should be understood that the Three Vehicles (śrāvaka, pratyekabuddha, and bodhisattvas) have not yet eliminated the three delusions (delusions in view and thought, delusions preventing bodhisattvas from saving others, and delusions about the true nature of life).

Nijō Sabutsu Ji, Obtaining Buddhahood by the Two Vehicles, Writings of Nichiren Shōnin, Doctrine 3, Page 235