釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 10.115

10.115

不具足超，即是聲聞超越三昧，不能自在，遠超入故。故《摩訶衍》云：「譬如黃師子、白師子，二俱能趠。若黃師子趠，則不遠；若白師子，則能遠擲。聲聞之人入超越三昧，但能從初禪超入三禪，尚不能超二，何能超三？此則如黃師子之超。菩薩不爾，從於初禪逈能超入滅受想定，隨意自在，此則如白師子之超。」

Incomplete transcendence is the transcending samādhi of the śrāvaka, because they lack mastery and cannot leap far to enter. Thus the Mahāyāna[-upadeśa] states: 'For example, yellow lions and white lions are both capable of leaping. When a yellow lion leaps, it does not go far; but a white lion is capable of leaping a great distance. When a śrāvaka enters the transcending samādhi, they can only leap from the first dhyāna to enter the third dhyāna; they cannot even leap over two, so how could they leap over three? This is like the yellow lion's leap. The bodhisattva is not like this: from the first dhyāna, they can leap afar to enter nirodha-samāpatti, acting at will with mastery; this is like the white lion's leap.'