分別功德論 2.2

2.2

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".