教觀綱宗 1.39

1.39

The ten dharmas constituting the vehicle are: first, contemplating the object of correct causes and conditions, shattering the two kinds of inversions of heterodox causes and conditions and causelessness; second, generating a genuinely correct aspiration, not seeking fame or gain, but seeking only nirvāṇa (the two vehicles aspire to escape the wheel of suffering, while the bodhisattva additionally pities all beings); third, following and cultivating calming and contemplation, meaning the fivefold mental stabilization is calming, and the four foundations of mindfulness are contemplation; fourth, universally shattering the afflictions of views and craving; fifth, discerning that the path, cessation, the reversal of origination, and the six perfections are the unobstructed passage, while suffering, accumulation, transmigration, and the six hindrances are the obstruction; sixth, harmonizing the thirty-seven factors of enlightenment to enter the three gates of liberation; seventh, if dull-rooted and unable to enter, one should cultivate phenomenal dhyānas and the like as countermeasures; eighth, when practicing primary and auxiliary practices together, if some slight benefit is obtained, one must discern the successive stages so that ordinary and sage are not confounded; ninth, peacefully forbearing external and internal hindrances; tenth, not giving rise to attachment to dharmas toward what resembles the path. These are the essential meanings. Persons of sharp faculties attain entry step by step, while dull ones awaken only when possessing all ten dharmas.