摩訶止觀 3.236

3.236

三藏菩薩明位不爾，故不論接。別、圓發心已知中道，更將何接？故知接但在通也。

The stages explained for the bodhisattvas of the Tripiṭaka are not like this, so connecting is not discussed. In the distinctive and the perfect, from the aspiration [for awakening] one already knows the middle way; with what further could they be connected? Hence we know that connecting occurs only in the shared.