釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 3.52

3.52

復次，初數息門，即是世間凡夫禪；次不淨門，即是出世間禪，諸聲聞人所行；次慈心門，即是凡聖二人為大福德修慈，入四無量心；次因緣門者，即是辟支佛人之所行；次念佛門，功德廣大，即是諸菩薩之所行。此則略明五門次第淺深之相。

Furthermore, the first gate of counting breaths is the mundane dhyāna of ordinary persons; next, the gate of impurity is the supramundane dhyāna practiced by śrāvakas; next, the gate of the mind of loving-kindness is where both ordinary persons and nobles cultivate loving-kindness for great merit and enter the four immeasurable minds; next, the gate of causes and conditions is what is practiced by pratyekabuddhas; next, the gate of mindfulness of the Buddha possesses vast merits and is what is practiced by bodhisattvas. This briefly explains the shallow and deep characteristics in the sequence of the five gates.