摩訶止觀 6.30

6.30

If one borrows these distinctive names to determine the shared stages of the three persons: then the first ground severs the delusions of view; the second ground severs one or two grades of thought in the desire realm; the third ground severs six grades of thought; the fourth ground severs seven or eight grades of thought; the fifth ground severs nine grades of thought; the sixth ground severs seventy-one grades of thought; the seventh ground severs seventy-two grades of thought; from the eighth ground upward, one encroaches upon habitual impressions, severs ignorance, and so forth, which can be understood by analogy with the preceding, and so forth.