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如是道品非是對位，但於初心觀法性理，即得具足。《大論》云：「四念處中四種精進，名『四正勤』；四種定心，名『四如意足』；五善根生，名為『根』；根增長，名為『力』；分別四念處道用，名為『覺』；四念處安隱道中行，名『八正道』。」故知初心行道，用三十七品調養止觀四種三昧，入菩薩位。如此道品是大涅槃近因，餘諸道品名為遠因（云云）。

These factors of the path do not align with hierarchical stages; rather, at the initial stage of mind, by contemplating the principle of dharmatā, they are immediately complete. The Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa says: 'The four kinds of exertion within the four smṛtyupasthānas are termed the "four right exertions"; the four kinds of concentrated minds are termed the "four bases of spiritual power"; the arising of the five wholesome roots is termed "faculties"; the growth of the faculties is termed "powers"; discerning the path and function of the four smṛtyupasthānas is termed "factors of awakening"; and practicing peacefully within the path of the four smṛtyupasthānas is termed the "eightfold noble path".' Therefore, one knows that when a beginner practices the path, they use the thirty-seven factors to nurture calming and contemplation and the four kinds of samādhi, entering the bodhisattva stages. Such factors of the path are the proximate cause of great nirvāṇa, while other factors of the path are termed remote causes (and so forth).