天台八教大意 1.27

1.27

Second, clarifying the ten abodes: these are the disposition of practice. Progressing from faith to enter the abodes and practice, entering emptiness from the provisional, one severs views and deliberations within the realms, hence it is called the disposition of practice. [They are:] 1. Generation of the mind [of awakening]; 2. Retaining the ground; 3. Cultivation of practice; 4. Noble birth; 5. Endowed with skillful means; 6. Correct mind; 7. Non-retrogression; 8. Youthful innocence; 9. Prince of the Dharma; 10. Consecration.