楞伽阿跋多羅寶經註解 1.617

1.617

緣覺者，從佛稟教，觀十二因緣，覺真諦理，名為緣覺。亦名獨覺者，出無佛世，覩緣自悟也。各別緣無間者，聞說十二因緣因果循環而悟無生，適其所願，悲感交集至於流淚。言不相近等者，謂樂獨善寂，修遠離行，凡所有相皆不能著，或時為說身通變化、或離一身為多、或合多身為一，聞如是說心有所入。菩薩知彼緣覺種性，當為說此緣覺乘法也。

"Pratyekabuddhas" are those who receive teaching from a Buddha, contemplate the twelve links of dependent origination, and awaken to the principle of true reality; hence they are named "pratyekabuddha." They are also called "solitary awakened ones," who appear in an age without a Buddha and, observing conditions, awaken on their own. As for "the uninterrupted nature of discrete conditions," when they hear the teaching on the cycle of cause and effect in the twelve links of dependent origination and awaken to non-arising, it accords with their wish, and sorrow and deep feeling intermingle so that they shed tears. The phrase "not close to them," and so forth, means that they delight in solitary, good tranquility and cultivate the practice of detachment, unable to attach to any characteristic whatsoever; or at times, when bodily supernatural powers and transformations are taught to them—either separating one body into many, or uniting many bodies into one—upon hearing such a teaching their minds enter into it. When a bodhisattva knows that lineage of the Pratyekabuddha, he should expound this teaching of the Pratyekabuddha vehicle for them.