釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 2.44

2.44

答曰：經說不同，罪法輕重有異，不可定判。今但舉要而明，相不出四種：一、夢中見相；二、於行道時聞空中聲，或見異相及諸靈瑞；三、坐中覩見善、惡、破戒、持戒等相；四、以內證種種法門道心開發等為相。此隨輕重判之，不可定說，在下至驗善惡根性，更當略出。

Answer: The sūtras' explanations differ, and there are distinctions between light and heavy offenses, so no fixed determination can be made. Now, only to state the essentials: signs do not exceed four kinds: first, seeing signs in dreams; second, when walking the path, hearing a voice in space, or seeing unusual marks and various wondrous portents; third, while sitting, witnessing signs of good, evil, breaking the precepts, keeping the precepts, and so forth; fourth, taking inner realization of various Dharma gates, the unfolding of the mind directed to the path, and so forth as signs. These are judged according to the severity [of the offense] and cannot be stated definitively; below, when examining the wholesome and unwholesome root dispositions, they will be briefly set forth again.