注大乘入楞伽經 6.11

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三十七菩提分法者，菩提是覺，分是因義。此三十七為諸乘覺因，亦名道品。故《淨名》云「道品是道場，是法身因。」然三十七品總有七類：一對治顛倒道，即四念處；二斷諸懈怠道，謂四正懃；三引發神通道，謂四神足；四現觀方便道，所謂五根；五親近現觀道，即是五力；六現觀自體道，謂七覺分；七現觀後起道，謂八正道。義如別說。此七類次第者，謂聞法已先當念持；次即勤修，勤故攝心調柔，柔故信等成根，根增為力，七覺分別，八正正行。總以喻顯，法性如地，念處如種子，正勤為種植，神足如抽芽，五根如生根，五力如莖葉增長，開七覺花，結八正果。一切諸佛皆同證得，是名法平等。一本「菩提分法」下，更有「十力、四無畏等」六字。

Regarding the thirty-seven factors of enlightenment: 'bodhi' is awakening, and 'factors' means causes. These thirty-seven are the causes of awakening for the various vehicles; they are also called the factors of the path. Hence the Vimalakīrtinirdeśa states: 'The factors of the path are the place of enlightenment; they are the cause of the dharmakāya.' These thirty-seven factors comprise seven categories in total: first, the path of counteracting inversions, which is the four applications of mindfulness; second, the path of severing all indolence, namely the four right efforts; third, the path of giving rise to supernormal faculties, namely the four bases of psychic power; fourth, the path of expedient means for direct realization, namely the five faculties; fifth, the path of drawing close to direct realization, which is the five powers; sixth, the path of the essence of direct realization, namely the seven factors of awakening; seventh, the path that arises after direct realization, namely the eightfold noble path. Their meanings are as explained elsewhere. The sequence of these seven categories is: having heard the Dharma, one should first mindfully retain it; next, one diligently cultivates it; through diligence, the mind is collected, gentle, and adaptable; being gentle, faith and the others become faculties; faculties increasing become powers; the seven factors of awakening discriminate; and the eightfold noble path acts correctly. Expressing them in general by analogy: dharmatā is like the earth, the applications of mindfulness are like seeds, right efforts are like planting, the bases of psychic power are like sprouting shoots, the five faculties are like putting down roots, the five powers are like the growth of stalks and leaves, blossoming with the flowers of the seven factors of awakening, and bearing the fruit of the eightfold noble path. All Buddhas equally realize them; this is called equality of Dharma. One edition adds the six characters 'the ten powers, the four fearlessnesses, and so forth' after 'factors of enlightenment.'