釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 3.161

3.161

Answer: It is truly as you ask; this is a separate consideration. It does not preclude that there are indeed those whose [past causes] have manifested exhaustively, which does not pertain to sinful obstructions. One must employ expedient means and cultivate according to the methods of contemplation to achieve completion. Here, five kinds of persons with different faculties and natures should be examined: first, those of regressible disposition; second, those of protective disposition; third, those of abiding disposition; fourth, those of advancing disposition; fifth, those of penetrating disposition. The distinctions are extensive and will not be fully recorded now. The characteristics of the exhaustive and inexhaustive manifestations of the remaining fourteen dhyānas may be understood by analogy.