妙法蓮華經玄義 4.31

4.31

Speaking in terms of stages, the stations of mindfulness do not have the subsequent factors; but in terms of practice, the stations of mindfulness possess all the factors of awakening. The *Great Commentary* states: "Initially cultivating the wholesome defiled five aggregates, attaining right mindfulness among conditioned dharmas is the wisdom of the stations of mindfulness. The four kinds of diligence are precisely the right exertions. Cultivating within a concentrated mind is called the bases of psychic power. When the five wholesome roots arise, they are called the faculties. When the faculties increase, they are called the powers. Discerning the functions of the path is called the seven factors of awakening. Walking serenely upon the path is called the eightfold noble path." Since one is already able to possess these within the initial wholesome defiled state, why must there be the path of seeing before there is the eightfold noble path? If the stations of mindfulness already possess the thirty-seven factors, warmth, peak, and so forth are likewise so. If contemplative dhyāna is like this, refining, perfuming, and cultivating are also like this.