妙法蓮華經玄義 4.205

4.205

Second, generally clarifying the bodhisattva stages is based on three sūtras. First, clarifying the enumeration of stages based on the *Yingluo*: that sūtra contains seven stages, namely the ten faiths, ten abodes, ten practices, ten dedications, ten stages, equal enlightenment, and wondrous enlightenment. The initial ten faiths are the external ordinary stages, which are also the stage of dry wisdom in the distinctive teaching, and are also named the stage of suppressive forbearance. The ten abodes are the nature of habitual lineage; from here through all the thirty minds are the stages of understanding and practice, all of which are internal ordinary stages of the distinctive teaching, and also the stage of nature, also named the stage of pliable forbearance. Inferred according to the meaning of the distinctive teaching, they should correspond to the heat stage. The ten practices are the nature of inherent lineage; inferred according to the distinctive teaching, they should correspond to the summit stage. The ten dedications are the nature of the path lineage; inferred according to the distinctive teaching, they should correspond to the forbearance stage and the stage of worldly supreme dharmas.