摩訶止觀 7.23

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一、明當分者：未必具品方能得道。三四二五，單七隻八，當分是道，故云「當依念處得道」。又云「是道場」；又云「是摩訶衍」。念處既爾，餘品亦然。是為當分道品而非調停也。

First, explaining their own division: it is not necessarily the case that one must complete all factors to be able to attain the path. The three fours, the two fives, the single seven, and the solitary eight—in their own division they are the path. Therefore it is said, "One should rely on the smṛtyupasthāna to attain the path." It is also said, "This is the bodhimaṇḍa"; and it is also said, "This is the Mahāyāna." If this is so for the smṛtyupasthāna, it is likewise so for the remaining factors. This is the path-factors in their own division, not harmonization.