成唯識論了義燈 7.252

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答：有二釋。一云隨在聲聞，惑煖、頂、忍何位迴趣，即是獨覺煖、頂、忍位，以所斷證皆悉同故。不爾，得果方作獨覺，豈更修彼資糧、加行？一云更修獨覺資糧、加行，證斷雖同，修行有別，三、四生修有遠近故。不爾，二生修彼聲聞順決擇已，即於後生成獨覺耶？不同得果始迴作者，已斷惑故，得現觀故。未見文斷，取捨任情。

Answer: There are two explanations. One says that in whichever stage of heat, summit, or patience among śrāvakas one turns one's direction, that itself is the stage of heat, summit, or patience of the pratyekabuddha, because what is severed and realized is completely identical. Were it not so, having attained the fruit and only then becoming a pratyekabuddha, how could one cultivate their provisions and preliminary applications again? The other says that one cultivates the provisions and preliminary applications of the pratyekabuddha again; although realization and severance are identical, the cultivation differs, because cultivation over three or four lifetimes has distance and proximity. Were it not so, having cultivated those śrāvaka stages conducive to penetration across two lifetimes, would one then immediately become a pratyekabuddha in the subsequent life? This is unlike one who turns to it only after having attained the fruit, because they have already severed defilements and attained direct comprehension. Since no textual decision is seen, acceptance or rejection is left to one's inclination.