摩訶止觀 4.42

4.42

又持「理戒」，空假中三品，各有上中下。即空三品者，下品為聲聞，中品為緣覺，上品為通教菩薩。退則傳傳失也。即假三品者，下品為三藏菩薩，中品為通教出假菩薩，上品為別教菩薩。即中三品者，下品為別教菩薩，中品圓教菩薩，上品是佛。唯佛一人具淨戒也。又下品為五品，中為六根清淨，上入初住。此略就觀心判其階差。中道觀心即是法界；摩訶衍遍攝一切法，可以意得，不復煩文也。

Moreover, upholding the "principle precepts" of emptiness, the provisional, and the middle has three grades, each having upper, middle, and lower. The three grades of being identical to emptiness are: the lower grade is śrāvakas, the middle grade is pratyekabuddhas, and the upper grade is bodhisattvas of the shared teaching. If they regress, they lose them in turn. The three grades of being identical to the provisional are: the lower grade is bodhisattvas of the Tripiṭaka teaching, the middle grade is bodhisattvas emerging into the provisional of the shared teaching, and the upper grade is bodhisattvas of the distinctive teaching. The three grades of being identical to the middle are: the lower grade is bodhisattvas of the distinctive teaching, the middle grade is bodhisattvas of the perfect teaching, and the upper grade is the Buddha. Only the Buddha alone completely possesses pure precepts. Furthermore, the lower grade is the five ranks, the middle is the purification of the six sense faculties, and the upper is entering the first abode. This briefly determines their gradations with respect to contemplating the mind. Contemplating the mind of the middle way is precisely the dharmadhātu; the Mahāyāna completely encompasses all phenomena; this can be grasped through understanding and needs no further wordy text.