Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra: Volume 34 (76)

Original Text: It should be understood that the practice of cultivation has eight general aspects. First, there is a class of dharmas that is attained by cultivation. Second, there is a class of dharmas that is made manifest by cultivation. Third, there is a class of dharmas that is purified by cultivation. Fourth, there is a class of dharmas that is eliminated by cultivation. Fifth, there is a class of dharmas that is known by cultivation. Sixth, there is a class of dharmas that is severed by cultivation. Seventh, there is a class of dharmas that is realized by cultivation. Eighth, there is a class of dharmas that is distanced by cultivation.

Explanation: The practice of cultivation has eight general aspects: First, there is a class of dharmas that is attained only through cultivation; second, there is a class of dharmas that appears presently only through cultivation; third, there is a class of dharmas that is purified only through cultivation; fourth, there is a class of dharmas that is eliminated only through cultivation; fifth, there is a class of dharmas that is known only through cultivation; sixth, there is a class of dharmas that is severed only through cultivation; seventh, there is a class of dharmas that is attained only through cultivation; eighth, there is a class of dharmas that is distanced only through cultivation.