維摩經玄疏 3.99

3.99

In the Small Vehicle teaching gate of the śrāvakas, the truth of suffering comes first; contemplating the four truths they enter the path, giving rise to true uncontaminated [wisdom], eradicating direct afflictions completely, attaining the stage of arhat, possessing the three clarities and the eight liberations. Since they lack compassion to deliver beings, they enter nirvāṇa in the present body. Therefore the Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa says: "Like a roe deer in a hunting net, jumping out in terrified panic, without any regard for the herd." Now we do not classify Vimalakīrti's stage in terms of this.