大乘義章 16.22

16.22

次就一人修入分別。行者將欲修習正道，先從師所聽受正法，既聞法已繫念在心，是故初先明其念處。欲依此法求如實利，非懃不得，故次第二明其正勤。以精進故得法心住，故次第三修如意足。以心住故能生出道，故次第四明其五根。是根增長能遮煩惱，說之為力，故次第五明其五力。如樹小時但可有根、未有所堪，至其長大力能障水，根力如是。根力具足，欲入出道，先以七覺調練其心。若心掉動，以猗、定、捨三行攝之；若心沈沒，須以擇法、精進及喜三法策之，念則俱調，故次第六明七覺支。以心調故能入正道，故次第七明其八正。於此門中，七覺在前、八正在後。然此門中見修二道同名八正，不局在見（此二門竟）。

Next, distinguishing in terms of a single person's cultivation and entry. When a practitioner is about to cultivate the noble path, he first hears and receives the true Dharma from a teacher; having heard the Dharma, he binds mindfulness to his mind, and therefore the applications of mindfulness are first explained. Wanting to seek real benefit in reliance on this Dharma, it cannot be obtained without exertion, and therefore the right exertions are explained second. Because of diligence, the mind abides in the Dharma, and therefore the bases of supernormal power are cultivated third. Because the mind abides, it is able to generate the supramundane path, and therefore the five faculties are explained fourth. When these faculties increase and grow, they can ward off afflictions and are called "powers," and therefore the five powers are explained fifth. Just as when a tree is small it can only have roots and cannot yet bear weight, but when it grows large its power can hold back water; faculties and powers are like this. When faculties and powers are complete and one wishes to enter the supramundane path, one first tempers one's mind with the seven factors of awakening. If the mind is agitated, one gathers it in with the three practices of pliancy, samādhi, and equanimity; if the mind is sunk, one must stimulate it with the three dharmas of investigation of dharmas, diligence, and joy; mindfulness tempers both; therefore the seven factors of awakening are explained sixth. Because the mind is tempered, one is able to enter the noble path, and therefore the eightfold noble [path] is explained seventh. Within this gate, the seven factors of awakening come before, and the eightfold noble [path] comes after. However, in this gate, both the paths of seeing and cultivation are collectively named the eightfold noble [path], not restricted to seeing. (This concludes the second gate.)