大乘入道次第 1.9

1.9

Third, identifying the essence: the two stages of provisioning and preparatory application, in terms of their essential nature, both have contaminated wisdom of preparatory application as their essence. The path of seeing, in terms of its essential nature, has the two uncontaminated wisdoms—fundamental and subsequently attained—as its essence, because of the distinction between actual and mimetic. As for the stage of cultivation, the ten grounds all have all conditioned and unconditioned virtuous dharmas as their own essence. The ultimate stage has the Tathāgata's bodhi and nirvāṇa as its essence. Although the above three sections—listing the stages, explaining the names, and identifying the essence—are distinct, they collectively constitute the first part: determining the order of the stages.