Outline of the Essential Meaning of the Great Calming and Contemplation
The Great Chapters: Seven, Proper Cultivation
**Section 3: Clarifying Points**
**Part 1: Clarifying the Chapter on Emptiness and the Provisional**
**1. The Existence or Non-existence of the Two Dharmas**
**(1) Question** **(2) Answer** a) Emptiness Contemplation has Causes and Conditions (Answer) b) The Provisional and the Middle are not separately clarified (Because Emptiness...)
**2. Explaining the Chapter on the Middle Contemplation: The Obstacle of Non-Wisdom**
**(1) Identifying Different Interpretations (Wisdom...)** **(2) Clarifying the Correct Explanation** a) Presenting Two Explanations i) The Dharma is... (Now...) ii) The Sutras and Treatises... (Again...) b) The Present Explanation Clarifies i) Presenting Non-Wisdom as the Essence of the Wisdom Obstacle (If...) ii) Explaining Non-Wisdom as the Wisdom Obstacle (a) Indicating (Two...) (b) Explaining (1) Explaining the Wisdom Obstacle is Affliction (Two...) i) The Mind's Wisdom is the Obstacle (Two...) ii) This Wisdom-Affliction is called the Wisdom Obstacle (Two...) - Non-Wisdom is the Wisdom Obstacle (Non...) - Craving is the Affliction Obstacle (Craving...) (2) Named from What is Obstructed: The Wisdom Obstacle (Two...) i) Affliction (Again...) ii) Wisdom Obstacle (Non...) iii) The Obstacle of Principle and Phenomena (Two...) (a) Indicating and Questioning (Non...) (b) Explaining and Clarifying (1) Distinguishing Two Explanations (Two...) i) Both are Obstacles of Principle (Stage...) ii) Only an Obstacle of Phenomena (Again...) (2) Harmonizing: There is No Duality (If...) iv) Explaining the Wisdom Obstacle is Not Severed (Three...) (a) Proper Clarification (Again...) (b) Providing Proof (Is...) (c) Concluding Admonition (People...)
**3. Clarifying the Chapter on the Middle Contemplation: The Three Contemplations and the Initial Stage (Question)**
**4. Clarifying the Chapter on Emptiness Contemplation: Not Assigning Stages of Cultivation**
**(1) Question and Answer (Two...)** a) Clarifying There Are No Stages to Assign (Answer) b) Citing the Sutra Text for a Brief Indication (Again...)
**Part 5: Knowing the Passable and the Obstructed**
**1. Indicating the Meaning (First...)**
**2. Proper Explanation**
**(1) Explaining the Name and Meaning of "Yojana" (Two...)** a) Presenting Various Different Explanations (Two...) i) Criticizing Human Teachers (Two...) (a) Properly Presenting Various Theories (Six...) 1. Master Ji's Theory based on Four Hundred Establishing Transformation (Old...) 2. Master She's Theory Abandoning Two Types of Birth-and-Death (She...) 3. Master Di's Theory Establishing Transformation within the Three Realms (Di...) 4. One Teacher Not Opening the Provisional to Reveal the Real (Again...) 5. One Teacher Establishing Transformation beyond Four Hundred (There is...) 6. One Teacher Counting Discursive Thought, Not Counting Views (There is...) (b) Indicating the Meaning and Concluding Admonition (Two...) 1. According to the Sutra's Meaning, Three Explanations Should be Made (This...) 2. Criticizing the Various Teachers for Not Matching the Text (Various...) ii) General Explanation of the Treatise (People...) b) Proper Explanation Based on the Sutra (Two...) i) Proper Clarification (Now...) ii) Concluding Indication (This...)
**(2) Clarifying Knowing the Passable and Obstructed in the Yojana (Two...)** a) Briefly Criticizing Various Teachers: The Initial Mind Has No Stage (Again...) b) Properly Examining the Passable and Obstructed: The Initial Mind's Entry Point (Two...) i) Establishing Horizontal and Vertical Passable/Obstructed (Two...) (a) Indicating (Now...) (b) Explaining (Two...) 1. Horizontal Passable/Obstructed 2. Vertical Passable/Obstructed ii) Now Examining and Comparing the Passable and Obstructed (Three...)
**3. Clarifying Points (Two...)** **(1) Clarifying the Sameness and Difference of the Three Names (Question)** **(2) Clarifying Horizontal and Vertical Passable/Obstructed (Question)**
**Part 2: Now Examining and Comparing the Passable and Obstructed**
**1. Sequential Examination and Comparison**
**(1) Vertically Discussing the Three Contemplations to Compare Passable/Obstructed (Three...)** a) Pivotal Indication (Now...) b) Explaining and Clarifying (Three...) i) Examining Entering Emptiness from the Provisional (Two...) (a) Analytical Emptiness (Two...) 1. Indicating the Passable and Obstructed (Two...) i) Three Obstructions (Like...) ii) Three Passages (If...) 2. Using the Dharma to Examine and Traverse (Should...) (b) Essence Emptiness (Two...) 1. Indicating the Passable and Obstructed (Again...) 2. Using the Dharma to Examine and Traverse (Using...) ii) Examining Entering the Provisional from Emptiness (Next...) iii) Examining Entering the Middle from Emptiness and the Provisional (Next...) c) Concluding Judgment (If...)
**(2) Horizontally Discussing the Three Contemplations to Compare Passable/Obstructed (Three...)** a) Relying on the Sutra to Show the Distinctions (Two...) i) Proper Clarification (Three...) 1. Cultivating Emptiness to Remove Obstructions, Preserve the Passable (Again...) 2. Cultivating the Provisional to Remove Obstructions, Preserve the Passable (Again...) 3. Cultivating the Middle to Remove Obstructions, Preserve the Passable (Again...) ii) Concluding Indication (Like...) b) Citing Treatise Analogies for Clarification (Great...) c) Concluding Indication: Not for Use (Three...)
**2. One-Mind Examination and Comparison (Three...)** **(1) Concluding the Previous Sequential (Two...)** **(2) Properly Clarifying the One-Mind (Two...)** a) Knowing the Passable and Obstructed in the No-Birth Gate (Three...) i) Indicating the Dharma of Destruction (If...) ii) Properly Examining the Passable and Obstructed (Two...) (a) Examining and Comparing (Emptiness...) (b) Revealing the Meaning (Two...) 1. The Obstruction Itself is the Passage (Truly...) 2. Simultaneously Illuminating the Passable and Obstructed (Passable...) iii) Concluding Clarification of Gain and Loss (Two...) 1. Conversely Clarifying the Loss (If...) 2. Properly Clarifying the Loss (If...) b) Exemplifying Knowing the Passable and Obstructed in Other Gates (In...) c) Concluding the Name and Judgment of Stage (Is...)
**Part 6: Harmonizing the Factors of Enlightenment**
**1. Explaining the Characteristics**
**(1) Indicating the Chapter (First...)** **(2) Proper Explanation (Four...)** a) Within Their Own Category (One...) b) Mutual Inclusion c) According to Stage d) Sequential Production
**2. Indicating the Meaning**
**(1) Proper Indication (Three...)** a) Indicating (That which...) b) Explaining (Truly...) c) Concluding (For...)
**(2) Clarifying (Two...)** a) Question and Answer (Four...) i) Clarifying They are the Bodhisattva Path (Two...) (a) Citing the Great Treatise's Admonition (Answer) (b) Citing Three Sutras as Proof (Pure...) ii) Clarifying They are the Cause of Nirvana (Three...) (a) Citing (If...) (b) Explaining (Two...) 1. Properly Explaining They are the Cause (Path...) 2. Further Explaining Immeasurability (Saying...) (c) Concluding (Great...) iii) Clarifying General and Specific, General and Auxiliary (Or...) iv) Clarifying With Outflows and Without Outflows (Two...) (a) Objection (Again, if...) (b) Explanation (Two...) 1. Indicating and Listing (This...) 2. Explaining and Clarifying (Three...) i) All are With Outflows (Two...) - Explaining and Clarifying (Two...) i) With Outflows (Like...) ii) Without Outflows (All...) - Citing Proof (From...) ii) All are Without Outflows (Two...) - Explaining and Clarifying (Two...) i) With Outflows (Like...) ii) Without Outflows (All...) - Citing Proof (From...) iii) Both With and Without Outflows (3) Clarifying Contemplation (Three...)
**3. Clarifying Contemplation (Two...)** **(1) Discarding Others, Indicating the Perfect (Various...)** **(2) Clarifying the Non-Created Contemplation (Two...)** a) Practicing the Thirty-Seven Factors of Enlightenment (Three...) i) Dharma Contemplation (Two...) (a) Separate Explanation (Seven...) 1. The Foundations of Mindfulness (Two...) 2. Citing for Indication (Great...) (b) Explaining and Clarifying (Two...) 1. Clarifying the One-Mind Contemplation of the Foundations (Two...) (a) Indicating (Now...) (b) Explaining (Four...) i) The Dharma-Nature Body Foundation (If...) ii) The Dharma-Nature Sensation Foundation (If...) iii) The Dharma-Nature Mind Foundation (If...) iv) The Dharma-Nature Dharmas Foundation (If...) 2. Revealing the Characteristics of Combining with the Extensive (Three...) (a) General Indication (Like...) (b) Separate Clarification (Three...) i) Questioning (Combining...) ii) Explaining (Four...) 1. Profoundly Contemplating the Form Foundation (Dharma...) 2. Profoundly Contemplating the Sensation Foundation (Dharma...) 3. Profoundly Contemplating the Consciousness Foundation (Dharma...) 4. Profoundly Contemplating the Perception Foundation (Dharma...) iii) Concluding (Curing...) (c) General Indication (Only...) ii) The Four Right Efforts (If...) iii) The Four Bases of Spiritual Power (If...) iv) The Five Faculties (If...) v) The Five Powers (If...) vi) The Seven Factors of Enlightenment (If...) vii) The Noble Eightfold Path (If...) ii) Concluding Summary (Two...) (a) Concluding Indication of the Initial Mind Practicing the Path (Like...) (b) Concluding Clarification of the Near Cause of Nirvana (Like...) b) Analogy for Clarification (Now...) c) Correlating and Revealing (Two...)
**Part 2: Entering the Three Gates of Liberation**
**1. Through the Three Gates of Liberation**
**(1) Indicating and Listing (Again...)** **(2) Proper Explanation (Two...)** a) The Names Liberation and Samadhi (Three...) i) Wisdom and Concentration Mutually Dependent (Two...) (a) Entering Concentration through Wisdom (If from...) (b) Entering Wisdom through Concentration (If by...) ii) The Paths of Subduing and Severing (Or...) iii) Wisdom and Concentration as Non-Dual (Or...) b) The Characteristics of King and Ministers among the Three Gates (Two...) i) Presenting the Three Teachings (Three...) (a) The Tripitaka Teaching (If...) (b) The Shared Teaching (If...) (c) The Distinct Teaching (Two...) 1. The Distinct Three Contemplations' Wisdom (If...) 2. The Distinct Wisdom of Emerging from the Provisional (Again...) ii) Clarifying the Perfect Teaching (Three...) (a) Showing Same Name, Different Meaning (Distinct...) (b) Revealing the Three Gates as King and Ministers (Two...) 1. Properly Clarifying the Emptiness Gate (Two...) i) The Meaning of Contemplating Emptiness is Different (Two...) - Same Name (Great...) - Different Meaning (Wisdom...) ii) The Meaning of Contemplating Dreams is Different (Two...) - Same Name (Again...) - Different Meaning (Now...) 2. Using Emptiness to Exemplify the Others (Thus...) (c) Concluding the Gates' Characteristics are Unobstructed (Should...) iii) Concluding Indication (Like...)
**2. Entering the City of Nirvana (Two...)** **(1) Properly Clarifying Entry (Two...)** a) Dull Roots Enter at the Twin Trees (Again...) b) Sharp Roots Enter Everywhere (Two...) i) Indicating (Sharp...) ii) Explaining (Two...) (a) Sravakas Can Enter (Like the body...) (b) Bodhisattvas Know the Meaning (Sravaka...) **(2) Revealing the Sutra's Meaning (If...)**
**Part 7: Counteracting and Assisting to Open Up**
**1. Indicating the Meaning (Three...)** **(1) Citing the Previous (First...)** **(2) Revealing the Meaning (Two...)** a) The Meaning of Not Needing Counteractive Assistance (Sharp roots...) b) The Meaning of Truly Needing Counteractive Assistance (Dull roots...) **(3) Citing for Indication (Truly...)**
**2. Explaining and Clarifying (Two...)** **(1) Using the Six Perfections as Counteraction to Clarify the Auxiliary Path (Two...)** a) Indicating (Auxiliary...) b) Explaining and Clarifying (Two...) i) Properly Clarifying Counteraction (Two...) (a) Separate Counteraction of the Six Hindrances (Six...) 1. Giving Counteracts the Hindrance of Greed (If...) 2. Precepts Counteract the Hindrance of Transgression (Cultivating...) 3. Patience Counteracts the Hindrance of Anger (Cultivating...) 4. Diligence Counteracts the Hindrance of Laziness (Cultivating...) 5. Meditation Counteracts the Hindrance of Distraction (Cultivating...) 6. Wisdom Counteracts the Hindrance of Ignorance (Cultivating...) (b) Generally Revealing Thickness and Thinness (Various...) ii) Turning the Contemplation to the Four Adaptations (Two...) (a) Indicating (If...) (b) Proper Contemplation (Two...) 1. Properly Contemplating the Hindrance of Stinginess (Like...) 2. Exemplifying the Remaining Five (Cultivating...)
**(2) Contemplating How the Six Perfections' Auxiliary Path Includes All Dharma Gates (Three...)** a) Criticizing the Previous, Indicating the Following (Regarding...) b) The Characteristics of the Perfections: Opening and Combining (Three...) i) Presenting Others' Words (There are...) ii) Clarifying the Present Explanation (Two...) (a) Extending to Clarify the Present Meaning (This...) (b) Showing and Clarifying Opening and Combining (If...) iii) Revealing the Meaning and Concluding (Apart from...) c) The Six Perfections Include Dharmas (Three...) i) General Indication (Now...) ii) Separate Explanation (Twelve...) 1. Including the Factors of Enlightenment (Three...) (a) Indicating and Questioning (How...) (b) Proper Explanation (Two...) i) Separate Clarification of the Factors of Enlightenment Cultivating Phenomenal Assistance (Six...) 1. Giving Includes the Factors of Enlightenment: Phenomenal Assistance (Three...) - Revealing the Principle-Contemplation Factors of Enlightenment (Two...) i) Indicating (Various...) ii) Explaining (Two...) - The Three Teachings Include Renunciation (If three...) - The Perfect Teaching Includes Renunciation (Three...) i) Indicating (If Perfect...) ii) Explaining (Three...) - Proper Clarification (Thus...) - Further Explanation (There are...) - Citing Proof (Therefore...) iii) Concluding (Should...) - Clarifying Phenomenal Giving Advances Principle (Three...) i) Revealing the Faults of Partiality to Phenomena or Principle (Thus...) ii) Clarifying the Reason for Cultivating Phenomena (Now clarifying...) iii) Properly Using Phenomena to Assist in Destroying Hindrances (Now, regarding...) - Showing Phenomena and Principle Correspond (Using...) 2. Precepts Include the Factors of Enlightenment: Phenomenal Assistance (Three...) - Indicating (If...) - Explaining and Clarifying (Three...) i) Revealing the Principle-Contemplation Factors of Enlightenment (Principle...) ii) Clarifying Phenomenal Precepts Advance Principle (Three...) - Revealing Two Partial Faults (Principle...) - The Reason for Initiating Practice (Rice...) - Properly Cultivating Phenomenal Assistance (Like...) iii) Showing Phenomena and Principle Correspond (Immediately...) - Concluding (Phenomena...) 3. Patience Includes the Factors of Enlightenment: Phenomenal Assistance (Three...) - Indicating (Like...) - Explaining (Three...) i) Revealing the Principle-Contemplation Factors of Enlightenment (Is...) ii) Clarifying Phenomenal Patience Advances Principle (Three...) - Revealing Two Partial Faults (If a person...) - The Reason for Initiating Practice (Anger...) - Properly Cultivating Phenomenal Assistance (Like...) iii) Showing Phenomena and Principle Correspond (Attaining...) - Concluding (Regarding...) 4. Diligence Includes the Factors of Enlightenment: Phenomenal Assistance 5. Meditation Includes the Factors of Enlightenment: Phenomenal Assistance 6. Wisdom Includes the Factors of Enlightenment: Phenomenal Assistance ii) Generally Revealing the Meaning of Needing Phenomenal Assistance (Two...) iii) Clarifying Points (Three...) 2. Including Taming the Six Sense Faculties (Three...) 3. Including the Ten Powers (Including...) 4. Including the Four Fearlessnesses (Including...) 5. Including the Eighteen Unique Dharmas (Including...) 6. Including the Four Unobstructed Wisdoms (Including...) 7. Including the Six Supernormal Powers (Including...) 8. Including the Three Clarities (Including...) 9. Including the Four Means of Attraction (Including...) 10. Including Dharanis (Including...) 11. Including the Thirty-Two Marks 12. Including the Eighty Minor Marks iii) Concluding Summary (Should...)
**Part 4: Diligence Includes the Factors of Enlightenment: Phenomenal Assistance (Two...)** **(1) Proper Clarification (Three...)** a) Indicating (If...) b) Explaining and Clarifying (Three...) i) Revealing the Principle-Contemplation Factors of Enlightenment (Four...) ii) Clarifying Phenomenal Diligence Assists Principle (Three...) (a) Revealing Two Partial Faults (Yet...) (b) The Reason for Initiating Practice (Should...) (c) Properly Cultivating Phenomenal Assistance (Now...) iii) Showing Phenomena and Principle Correspond (Attaining...) c) Concluding (Opening...) **(2) Revealing the Essence (Essence...)**
**Part 5: Meditation Includes the Factors of Enlightenment: Phenomenal Assistance (Two...)** **(1) Indicating (If...)** **(2) Explaining and Clarifying (Two...)** a) Clarifying Phenomenal Meditation Advances Principle (Three...) i) Revealing the Principle-Contemplation Factors of Enlightenment (Principle...) ii) Clarifying Phenomenal Meditation Advances Principle (Three...) (a) Revealing Partial Faults (Only...) (b) Clarifying the Reason (If...) (c) Proper Phenomenal Assistance (For...) iii) Showing Phenomena and Principle Correspond (Phenomena...) b) Revealing the Five Gates of Auxiliary Path (Two...) i) Indicating (Great...) ii) Explaining and Clarifying (Five...) 1. Counting Breath as Counteraction (If meditation...) 2. Impurity as Counteraction (If contemplating...) 3. Compassion Contemplation as Counteraction (If focusing...) 4. Dependent Origination Contemplation as Counteraction (If focusing...) 5. Buddha-Recollection Contemplation as Counteraction (If anger...)
**Part 6: Wisdom Includes the Factors of Enlightenment: Phenomenal Assistance (Three...)** **(1) Revealing the Principle-Contemplation Factors of Enlightenment (If...)** **(2) Clarifying Phenomenal Contemplation Advances Principle (Two...)** a) Clarifying the Fault and Reason (This understanding...) b) Cultivating Phenomenal Assistance (Three...) i) Repentance, Vow, and Practice (Should...) ii) Phenomenal Contemplation Destroys Inversions (Three...) (a) Indicating (Now...) (b) Explaining (Two...) 1. Clarifying Destroying the Four Inversions (Four...) i) Destroying the Inversion of Purity (Three...) - General Indication (Contemplate...) - Separate Clarification (Five...) 1. Impurity of the Seed (That which...) 2. Impurity of the Abode (Dwelling...) 3. Impurity of Its Own Character (Since...) 4. Impurity of Its Own Nature (Its...) 5. Ultimate Impurity (One...) - Concluding Summary (Like...) ii) Destroying the Inversion of Bliss (Again...) iii) Destroying the Inversion of Permanence (Again...) iv) Destroying the Inversion of Self (Again...) 2. Revealing Cultivating the Three Types of Persons (Three...) i) Sravaka (If cultivating...) ii) Pratyekabuddha (If like a deer...) iii) Bodhisattva (Two...) - Proper Indication (If a great...) - Further Clarification (Two...) i) Long-Standing Mind Bodhisattva (Without...) ii) Initial Mind Bodhisattva (Three...) - Indicating (If a small...) - Proper Meaning (Although...) - Concluding Indication (Many...) (c) Concluding (Is...) iii) Phenomenal Wisdom Practice Accomplished (Naturally...) **(3) Showing Phenomena and Principle Correspond (Immediately...)**
**Part 2: Generally Revealing the Meaning of Needing the Auxiliary Path (Two...)** **(1) Indicating (If...)** **(2) Proper Clarification (Two...)** a) Giving Examples (Two...) i) Borrowing the Small to Assist the Great (That which...) ii) Suiting the Capacity for Counteraction (Again...) b) Combined Clarification (Auxiliary...)
**Part 3: Clarifying Points (Two...)** **(1) Question and Answer (Two...)** a) The Six Perfections and Factors of Enlightenment in Three Rounds (Two...) i) General Indication (Answer) ii) Separate Explanation (Like...) b) Generally Discussing All Dharmas in Three Rounds (Three...) i) General Discussion (General...) ii) Revealing the Dharmas (If...) iii) Showing and Clarifying (If...)
**Part 2: Including Taming the Six Sense Faculties (Two...)** **(1) Indicating (Three...)** **(2) Explaining (Two...)** a) Properly Clarifying the Six Perfections' Taming Method (Four...) i) Tripitaka Teaching Taming (If...) ii) Shared Teaching Taming (Again...) iii) Distinct Teaching Taming (If...) iv) Perfect Teaching Taming (Three...) (a) Citing the Sutra for Explanation (Again...) (b) Showing the Taming Method (Two...) 1. Clarifying the Faculties' Dharma (Two...) i) The Six Perfections Tame the Faculties (Again...) ii) Concluding Clarification of Cultivation and Realization (Regarding...) 2. Exemplifying the Objects, etc. (Faculties...) (c) Concluding Indication of Ultimate (Is...) b) Concluding Indication of Perfecting the Paramitas (Should...)
**Part 3: Including the Ten Powers (Two...)** **(1) General Indication of Including the Buddha's Majestic Deportment (How...)** **(2) Specifically Regarding the Factors of Enlightenment to Clarify Inclusion (Three...)** a) Clarifying the Inclusion of the Ten Powers (Two...) i) Explaining the Four Meanings of the Ten Powers (Two...) (a) Properly Presenting the Ten Powers (Including...) (b) Explaining There are Four Meanings (Is...) ii) Clarifying the Initial Mind's Cultivation and Realization (Two...) (a) Question and Answer (Three...) 1. Based on the Great Treatise (Two...) - Citing (Answer) - Explaining 2. Based on the Avatamsaka (Two...) - Citing and Questioning (If so...) - Citing and Explaining (If...) 3. Based on the Bodhisattvabhumi (Three...) - Citing (Again...) - Explaining (Ten...) - Concluding (How could...) (b) Revealing the Method of Mutual Inclusion (Path...) iii) Explaining the Names of the Ten Powers (Three...) (a) Citing Two Treatises for Explanation (Ten...) (b) Revealing the Immeasurable Powers (However...) (c) Concluding and Revealing the Four Types (This...)
**Part 4: Including the Four Fearlessnesses (Three...)** **(1) Proper Clarification (How...)** **(2) Showing Inclusion (Path...)** **(3) Explaining the Names (Great...)**
**Part 11: Including the Thirty-Two Marks (Two...)** **(1) The First Two [Teachings'] Factors of Enlightenment Include Marks and Features (Two...)** a) Tripitaka Teaching (Including...) b) Shared Teaching (If...) **(2) The Later Two [Teachings'] Factors of Enlightenment Include Marks and Features (Three...)** a) Distinguishing from the Previous (Again...) b) Clarifying the Present (Two...) i) Indicating (If...) ii) Explaining (Two...) (a) Clarifying Mark-Dharmas All Use the Middle Way (Two...) i) The Two Vehicles Realizing the Middle Possess Marks ii) The Great Vehicle Attaining the Middle Manifests Marks (Great...) (b) Revealing the Number of Marks and Features Depends on Conditions (Immeasurable...) c) Concluding Indication (This...)
**Part 12: Including the Eighty Minor Marks (Two...)** **(1) The First Two [Teachings'] Factors of Enlightenment Include Marks and Features (Two...)** a) Tripitaka Teaching (Including...) b) Shared Teaching (If...) **(2) The Later Two [Teachings'] Factors of Enlightenment Include Marks and Features (Three...)** a) Distinguishing from the Previous (Again...) b) Clarifying the Present (Two...) i) Indicating (If...) ii) Explaining (Two...) (a) Clarifying Mark-Dharmas All Use the Middle Way (Two...) i) The Two Vehicles Realizing the Middle Possess Marks ii) The Great Vehicle Attaining the Middle Manifests Marks (Great...) (b) Revealing the Number of Marks and Features Depends on Conditions (Immeasurable...) c) Concluding Indication (This...)
**Part 8: Knowing the Stages**
**1. Indicating (First...)**
**2. Explaining (Four...)** **(1) Tripitaka Teaching (Truly...)** **(2) Shared Teaching (Shared...)** **(3) Distinct Teaching (Two...)** a) Distinguishing Non-Objects, Showing the Distinct (Distinct...) b) Clarifying the Meaning of Stages in the Distinct Teaching (Two...) i) Pointing to Sutras and Treatises (One...) ii) Inferring the Distinct Meaning (Two...) (a) The Meaning of Stages Has Many Paths; Do Not Lose Skillful Means (But...) (b) Explaining Through the Four Gates, Attaining the Meaning Without Dispute (Two...) 1. Explaining Through the Four Gates to Attain the Meaning (Now...) 2. Now Having Ten Meanings to Harmonize (Three...) i) Listing the Ten Meanings (Again...) ii) Following Judgment for Clarification (Only...) iii) Pointing Out the Stages (Next...) **(4) Perfect Teaching (Two...)** a) Indicating (If...) b) Explaining and Clarifying (Two...) i) Revealing the Five Repentances as Skillful Means (If...) ii) Now Using Repentance to Clarify the Stage Characteristics (Two...) (a) The Stage Characteristics of the Five Repentances (Two...) i) Indicating (Now...) ii) Explaining (Three...) 1. General Meaning (Two...) - Internally Cultivating the Three Contemplations (First...) - Externally Adding the Five Repentances (But...) 2. Separate Clarification (Five...) 1. Repentance (Repentance...) 2. Requesting the Buddhas to Teach 3. Rejoicing in Others' Merit 4. Dedication of Merit 5. Vow-Making 3. Concluding Indication (Now...) (b) Properly Clarifying the Stages (Three...) i) Separately Presenting the Five Grades (Two...) - Revealing the Grade Characteristics (Five...) 1. Rejoicing (If...) 2. Reciting and Chanting (Again...) 3. Expounding the Dharma (Again...) 4. Concurrently Practicing the Six Perfections (Again...) 5. Properly Practicing the Six Perfections (Again...) - Determining the Stage Placement (If...) ii) Generally Judging the Sequential Stages (Again...) iii) Showing and Clarifying the Later Stages (Three...) 1. The Resemblance Stage (Again...) 2. The True Stage (Next...) 3. The Ultimate Stage (Like...) c) Concluding (Without...)
**Part 9: Being Able to Endure**
**1. Explaining the Name (First...)**
**2. Showing the Characteristics (Three...)** **(1) Revealing Endurance Accomplishes Superior Skill (Two...)** a) Its Use Has Three Benefits (From the start...) b) The Will Focused on Superior Skill (If...) **(2) Clarifying Not Enduring Teaches Loss (Three...)** a) Clarifying the Cause Leading to Loss (But...) b) Revealing the Matters That Are Lost (Initially...) c) Citing Ancient People as Proof (Two...) i) The Later Regret of the Luoyang Master (Formerly...) ii) The Wujin Master's Prior Selection (Wujin...) **(3) Clarifying Cultivating Endurance Accomplishes the Task (Three...)** a) Examining and Choosing What is Appropriate (Two...) i) Indicating (Cultivating...) ii) Explaining (Two...) (a) Examining Appropriateness, Should Endure (Wisdom...) (b) Choosing Endurance at This Time (If reaching...) b) Being Able to Cultivate Endurance (Two...) i) Showing the Method of Endurance Skill (If those...) ii) Properly Cultivating the Skill of Endurance (Two...) (a) Cultivating External Skill: Firm and Unyielding (If fame...) (b) Cultivating Internal Skill: Straightening the Mind, Proper Contemplation (If afflictions...) c) Concluding Admonition and Indicating the Meaning (How...)
**3. Concluding Accomplishment (If...)**
**Part 10: Having No Dharma-Attachment**
**1. Indicating (First...)**
**2. Explaining and Clarifying (Two...)** **(1) Clarifying Dharma-Attachment (Three...)** a) Tripitaka Teaching Attachment Falling into Texts (Vibhasha...) b) Shared and Distinct Teachings' Meaning of Falling from the Summit (Shared...) c) Perfect Teaching's Meaning of Dharma-Attachment Falling (Three...) i) Dharma (Now...) ii) Analogy iii) Correlation (Not...) **(2) Abandoning Dharma-Attachment (If...)** **(3) Concluding Summary (Now...)**
**Part 2: Analogizing with the Great Cart (Two...)** **(1) Indicating and Questioning (Is...)** **(2) Citing and Explaining (Three...)** a) Citing the Sutra (Like...) b) Correlating with Contemplation (Two...) i) Correlating and Clarifying the Vehicle is the Jeweled Vehicle (Cessation...) ii) Correlating and Clarifying Going Directly to the Site of Enlightenment (Again...) c) Concluding Admonition (Now...)
**Part 2: In Other Activities, Cultivating Regarding the Aggregates and Sense-Bases**
**1. Concluding the Above (Properly...)**
**2. Clarifying the Present (Two...)** **(1) General Indication (Traversing...)** **(2) Separate Clarification (Two...)** a) Traversing Activities to Practice Contemplation (Two...) i) Properly Clarifying Practicing During Activities (Three...) (a) Indicating the Meaning (If...) (b) Proper Contemplation (Two...) 1. Dharma Contemplation of the Ten Vehicles (Three...) - Indicating (Briefly...) - Explaining (Initially...) - Concluding (Ten...) 2. Analogizing with the Great Cart (Transmitting...) (c) Concluding Indication (Is...) ii) Exemplifying the Other Five Roots (Activities...) b) Facing Objects to Practice Contemplation (Two...) i) Each of the Six Faculties Contemplating (Two...) (a) Contemplating the Eye Faculty's Sensations (Two...) i) Eye and Form as One Sensation (Two...) - Distinguishing What is Not the Great Vehicle (Facing...) - Properly Clarifying the Present Contemplation (Two...) 1. The Eye's Sensations as the Vehicle Dharma (Two...) i) Dharma (Two...) - The Initial Vehicle (Three...) i) Indicating (If contemplating...) ii) Explaining (Two...) - The Three Contemplations Contemplate Form (Eye form...) - The Five Eyes Illuminate Form (Two...) i) Proper Clarification (Although...) ii) Clarifying Points (Question...) iii) Concluding (Is...) - The Nine Vehicles (I...) ii) Analogy (Its...) 2. The Eye's Functioning as Buddha's Work (If the eye...) ii) Exemplifying the Other Two Sensations (Eye...) (b) Exemplifying the Other Five Faculties (The remaining...) ii) The Six Facult