摩訶止觀 6.50

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答：小乘引鈍，依品蘇息故不超。身子大智，應作轉法輪將，分別品秩，故七日，或云十五日不超。阿難為作侍者故不超，非無智力也。通教菩薩智利，二乘亦應有超；荷負眾生而作導首，廣須分別，故不論超。別圓二教亦如是。雖有超與不超，終是破思假遍也。

Answer: The Hinayana guides the dull, giving them respite according to the grades, and therefore does not leap over. Śāriputra had great wisdom and was to be the general who turns the wheel of Dharma, distinguishing the grades, and therefore for seven days, or as some say fifteen days, did not leap over. Ānanda, because he served as the attendant, did not leap over; it was not that he lacked the power of wisdom. The bodhisattva of the shared teaching has sharp wisdom, and the two vehicles should also have those who leap; but because they shoulder sentient beings and act as guides, extensively needing to make distinctions, leaping is not discussed. The two teachings, distinctive and perfect, are also like this. Although there are leaping and non-leaping, ultimately breaking through the provisionality of thought [delusion] is universal.