四教義 6.20

6.20

五明料簡者，問曰：若問曰若宿習自然覺悟者，何須佛為說十二因緣？答曰：間說則疾得，不說自悟少、遲。如果熟，雖應自墮，若須急取，薄搖即落。問曰：辟支佛乘何意不判果？答曰：聲聞人鈍故判果，若辟支佛久習智慧，神根利故，不須判果。譬如二人共行，其身羸者須止息處，若其身強者直到所在，故佛但說辟支佛道，不立果位也。復次，總想斷結，智慧麁故，但除正使，名聲聞乘。別想觀因緣，智慧細故，侵除習氣，名辟支佛。復次，聲聞鈍故，先觀苦諦，緣覺利故，先觀集諦也。問曰：聲聞念處，別想為麁，總想為勝，今何故總想為麁、別想為勝？答曰：還用別想、總想歷別細觀十二因緣故，別為勝也。復次，聲聞功德、禪定力淺，天眼極遠，但見小千國土。辟支佛久種善根，禪定力深，若發天眼，乃過三千，見他方世界。

Fifth, explaining the critical analysis. Question: If one awakens spontaneously due to past practice, why is it necessary for the Buddha to explain the twelve links of dependent origination for him? Answer: If explained to him, he attains it quickly; if not explained, spontaneous awakening is rare and slow. It is like ripe fruit: although it should fall on its own, if one needs to harvest it quickly, a slight shake causes it to drop. Question: For what reason does the pratyekabuddha vehicle not distinguish fruitions? Answer: Śrāvakas are dull, so fruitions are distinguished [for them]; since pratyekabuddhas have long cultivated wisdom and their faculties are sharp, there is no need to distinguish fruitions. For example, when two people travel together, the one whose body is weak needs resting places, whereas the one whose body is strong proceeds directly to the destination. Therefore the Buddha spoke only of the pratyekabuddha path, and did not establish stages of fruition. Furthermore, collectively considering [the dharmas] to sever fetters is coarse wisdom, so it only removes active defilements, and is called the śrāvaka vehicle. Separately considering [the dharmas] to contemplate causes and conditions is subtle wisdom, so it encroaches upon and removes habit-energies, and is called the pratyekabuddha [vehicle]. Furthermore, because śrāvakas are dull, they first contemplate the truth of suffering; because pratyekabuddhas are sharp, they first contemplate the truth of origination. Question: In the śrāvaka's applications of mindfulness, separate consideration is coarse while collective consideration is superior; why is collective consideration now regarded as coarse and separate consideration as superior? Answer: Because one re-employs separate consideration and collective consideration to contemplate the twelve links of dependent origination subtly, serially, and distinctively, separate [consideration] is superior. Furthermore, the merit and power of meditative absorption of śrāvakas are shallow; their divine eye reaches at most only to a small-thousand realm. Pratyekabuddhas have planted roots of goodness for a long time, and their power of meditative absorption is deep; if they develop the divine eye, it extends beyond the trichiliocosm to see worlds of other regions.