大般涅槃經集解 15.7

15.7

Sengzong states: In the ranks of śrāvakas, it begins with inner ordinary persons and ends with arhats. In the ranks of bodhisattvas, it begins prior to the stages of abiding and ends in the ten stages. A partial similarity is taken to correlate them. Here, from the four mindfulnesses up to the worldly supreme dharmas, it correlates with the thirty minds prior to the stages of abiding; all are paths of suppression, not yet having attained the true uncontaminated state. Baoliang states: Beginning to attain the provisional nominal emptiness of phenomena, subduing the heavy grasping of seeing the truths. Zhixiu states: The following is the second passage, listing the number and assigning the ranks. According to the Sūtra on Cutting Off Fetters: 'Attaining the emptiness of sentient beings, up to the seventh rank of mind and above.' With faith foremost, the five faculties are established, yet one has not entered the true uncontaminated state. Like the śrāvaka, it begins with the heat dharmas and ends with the worldly supreme dharmas.