止觀輔行傳弘決 1.33

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「法付僧佉難提」，提道高化廣，說偈試羅漢曰：「轉輪王種生，而能入涅槃。非佛非羅漢，亦非辟支佛。」羅漢入三昧思之不解，升兜率天以問彌勒。彌勒云：「泥著輪上以為瓷器，瓷器後破，非是二乘亦非是佛。」下見難提，為提說之。提曰：「彌勒語耳。」

"The Dharma was transmitted to Saṅghanandi." Saṅghanandi's realization of the Way was lofty and his transforming influence vast. He spoke a verse to test an arhat: "Born from the lineage of a wheel-turning king, / Yet able to enter nirvāṇa; / Neither a Buddha nor an arhat, / Nor a pratyekabuddha." The arhat entered samādhi and pondered it without understanding, so he ascended to the Tuṣita heaven to ask Maitreya. Maitreya said: "Clay placed upon a potter's wheel to make porcelain; the porcelain later breaks—this is neither the two vehicles nor a Buddha." Coming down, he saw Saṅghanandi and told it to him. Saṅghanandi said: "These are merely Maitreya's words."