Yogācārabhūmi Śāstra, Volume 34 (82)

Original text: 加行道修者。谓由此故。为断烦恼发起加行。无间道修者。谓由此故。正断烦恼。解脱道修者。谓由此故。或断无间。证得解脱。胜进道修者。谓由此故。从是已后。修胜善法。乃至未起余地烦恼。能治加行。或复未起。趣究竟位。当知是名十一种修品类差别。

Explanation: The cultivation of the path of preparation (prayoga-mārga) means that, by reason of this cultivation, one initiates the preparatory effort in order to eradicate afflictions. The cultivation of the uninterrupted path (ānantarya-mārga) means that, by reason of this cultivation, one directly eradicates afflictions. The cultivation of the path of liberation (vimukti-mārga) means that, by reason of this cultivation, one eradicates afflictions without interruption and attains liberation. The cultivation of the path of superior advancement (viśeṣa-mārga) means that, by reason of this cultivation, from this point onward one cultivates more excellent wholesome dharmas, to the point that the afflictions of the remaining bhūmis do not arise, and the dharmas of antidote and preparation perhaps also do not arise, enabling one to advance toward the ultimate stage of the four noble truths and the arising through separation [from defilement], never again to be born into the world of the three realms. These are the category distinctions of the eleven kinds of cultivation.