俱舍論頌疏論本 12.27

12.27

獨覺出現通劫增減。然諸獨覺有二種殊：一者部行，謂有部黨。二者麟角，唯一出世，如麟一角。部行獨覺先是聲聞前三果人，後得無學，不由他悟，轉名獨勝。有餘師說：「先是異生，曾修聲聞順決擇分。今自悟道，得獨勝名。」由本事中說：一山中有五百苦行外仙，有一獼猴曾與獨覺相近而住，見彼威儀，後時獼猴至外仙所，現先所見獨覺威儀，諸仙覩之，咸生敬慕，須臾皆證獨覺菩提。若先是聖人，不應修苦行。麟角喻者，要百大劫修菩提資糧，然後方成麟角果也。

The appearance of pratyekabuddhas occurs in both the increase and decrease of a kalpa. However, there are two distinct types of pratyekabuddhas: the first are those who walk in a group, meaning they have a flock; the second are like the rhinoceros horn, who appear alone in the world, like the single horn of a rhinoceros. The group-walking pratyekabuddhas were formerly practitioners of the first three fruits of the śrāvaka, and later attain the stage of non-learning; realizing [awakening] without relying on others, they are subsequently called 'solitarily victorious'. Other masters say: 'They were formerly ordinary beings who had previously cultivated the śrāvaka aids to penetration. Now realizing the Path by themselves, they obtain the name 'solitarily victorious'.' For it is stated in an ancient story: on a certain mountain there were five hundred ascetics practicing austerities. A monkey had once lived close to a pratyekabuddha and seen his deportment. Later, the monkey went to the place of the ascetics and demonstrated the deportment of the pratyekabuddha he had previously seen. When the ascetics saw it, they all gave rise to reverence and admiration, and in an instant, all realized pratyekabuddha awakening. If they had previously been noble persons, they would not have practiced austerities. As for the one compared to a rhinoceros horn, they must cultivate the provisions for awakening for a hundred great kalpas before finally realizing the fruit of the rhinoceros horn.