瑜伽師地論分門記 4.1

4.1

Within the eighteen sections of the first station of yoga, the Bodhisattvabhūmi: the ninth, Explaining the Chapter on Giving (Dānapaṭala), has six parts: 1. generally explaining the intent of cultivating the six perfections, which has three parts: (1) establishing the cause, (2) revealing the fruit, (3) listing the divisions of the six perfections; 2. general and specific inquiry into the perfection of giving; 3. brief reply in verse, which has nine parts, as in the treatise; 4. brief explanation in prose, which has two parts: (1) marking out, (2) explaining; 5. detailed explanation, which has nine parts.