天台八教大意 1.18

1.18

Answer: The two vehicles loathe birth-and-death and seek nirvāṇa for themselves; therefore they sever the fetters first. Bodhisattvas are compassionate, putting other beings first and themselves last; even if, during the stage of cause, they fail to sever deliberations, their non-outflow power is weak, and in terms of their original intent, they are also said not to have severed them.