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四諦法者苦集滅道也。一苦諦。別則二十五有。總則六道生死。二集諦。即見思惑。又云見修。又云四住。又云染污無知。又云取相惑。又云枝末無明。又云通惑。又云界內惑。名雖不同但見思耳。三滅諦。滅前苦集顯遍真理。因滅會真滅非真諦。四道諦。略則戒定慧。廣則三十七道品。道品者四念處四正勤四如意足五根五力七覺支八正道。然四諦之中分世出世。前二諦為世間因果。苦果集因。後二諦為出世間因果。滅果道因。且何故世出世前果後因。蓋聲聞根鈍。知苦斷集慕果修因。是故然也。

The Dharma of the Four [Noble] Truths consists of suffering, origin, cessation, and the path. First, the truth of suffering: separately, it is the twenty-five states of existence; collectively, it is birth and death in the six realms. Second, the truth of origin: namely, the afflictions of view and thought, also called [afflictions of] view and cultivation, also called the four abodes, also called defiled nescience, also called the affliction of grasping marks, also called branch nescience, also called common afflictions, also called afflictions within the realm; though the names differ, they are simply view and thought. Third, the truth of cessation: ceasing the aforementioned suffering and origin to reveal the all-pervading true principle; because cessation accords with the true, cessation is not [itself] the true reality. Fourth, the truth of the path: briefly, morality, concentration, and wisdom; extensively, the thirty-seven factors of awakening. The factors of awakening are the four foundations of mindfulness, the four right exertions, the four bases of psychic power, the five spiritual faculties, the five powers, the seven limbs of awakening, and the eightfold noble path. However, among the four truths, there is a distinction between the mundane and the supramundane. The first two truths are mundane cause and effect: suffering is the fruit, and origin is the cause. The latter two truths are supramundane cause and effect: cessation is the fruit, and the path is the cause. Moreover, why are mundane and supramundane [presented with] the fruit first and the cause afterward? Because the faculties of the śrāvakas are dull; when they know suffering, they sever its origin, and longing for the fruit, they cultivate the cause. It is for this reason.