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Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra, Volume 34 (76)

Original text:当知修业略有八种。一有一类法由修故得。二有一类法由修故习。三有一类法由修故净。四有一类法由修故遣。五有一类法由修故知。六有一类法由修故断。七有一类法由修故证。八有一类法由修故远。

Explanation: There are, in brief, eight kinds of cultivation (bhāvanā): First, there is a class of dharmas that is attained through cultivation; second, there is a class of dharmas that manifests through cultivation; third, there is a class of dharmas that is purified through cultivation; fourth, there is a class of dharmas that is eliminated through cultivation; fifth, there is a class of dharmas that is realized and known through cultivation; sixth, there is a class of dharmas that is severed through cultivation; seventh, there is a class of dharmas that is realized and attained through cultivation; eighth, there is a class of dharmas that is distanced through cultivation.

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