分別功德論 2.2

2.2

彌勒稱善者，以其集此六度大法為一分，此即菩薩藏也。斷結者，斷諸望見結使也。成道果，大乘薩云然事也。阿難但云聞不云見者，豈可不見如來說法也？所以言見為非者，為將來四部故，不得言見也。設言見者，後四部眾復承阿難言見者則為虛妄也。以是故但稱聞不言見耳。

Maitreya praised it as "excellent" because he gathered this great Dharma of the six perfections into one division, which is the Bodhisattva Piṭaka. "Cutting off fetters" means cutting off the fetters and defilements of various speculative views. As for "realizing the fruit of the path", in the Great Vehicle it is such a matter. Why did Ānanda only say "I have heard" and not say "I have seen"? Could it be that he did not see the Tathāgata preach the Dharma? The reason that saying "seen" is improper is that for the sake of the future fourfold assembly, he could not say "seen". Supposing he had said "seen", then later members of the fourfold assembly who again followed Ānanda in saying "seen" would be uttering falsehood. For this reason, he only proclaimed "heard" and did not say "seen".