Ten Kinds of Path Free of Birth, Ten Kinds of Definite Dharma
Every one of the ten kinds of path free of birth is built from a paired "while" — bringing forth wisdom while observing every being, transcending the three realms while remaining in every world — closing with the claim that this path transcends the world without ever mixing with the practice of the two lesser vehicles. Ten kinds of definite dharma then follow, each one a specific, unwavering certainty.
Ten Times, the Same "While"
Every entry in the path free of birth follows the identical grammar: one clause names a transcendence, and the second, joined by "while," names the ordinary engagement that transcendence never displaces — free of affliction while dwelling with every being, delighting in stillness while manifesting amid every retinue. Nothing on this list is achieved by leaving anything behind.
佛子！菩薩摩訶薩有十種離生道。何等為十？所謂：出生般若波羅蜜而恒觀察一切眾生，是為一；遠離諸見而度脫一切見縛眾生，是為二；不念一切相而不捨一切著相眾生，是為三；超過三界而常在一切世界，是為四；永離煩惱而與一切眾生共居，是為五；得離欲法而常以大悲哀愍一切著欲眾生，是為六；常樂寂靜而恒示現一切眷屬，是為七；離世間生而死此生彼起菩薩行，是為八；不染一切世間法而不斷一切世間所作，是為九；諸佛菩提已現其前而不捨菩薩一切願行，是為十。佛子！是為菩薩摩訶薩十種離生道，出離世間，不與世共，而亦不雜二乘之行。若諸菩薩安住此法，則得菩薩決定法。
"Son of the Buddha! A bodhisattva-mahāsattva has ten kinds of path free of birth. What are these ten? Namely: bringing forth the perfection of wisdom while forever observing every sentient being — this is the first; staying far from every view while delivering every sentient being bound by views — this is the second; never dwelling on any mark while never abandoning any sentient being attached to marks — this is the third; transcending the three realms while forever remaining within every world — this is the fourth; forever free of affliction while dwelling together with every sentient being — this is the fifth; attaining the dharma free of desire while forever, with great compassion, having pity on every sentient being attached to desire — this is the sixth; forever delighting in stillness while constantly manifesting amid every kind of retinue — this is the seventh; free of birth in the world while dying here and being born there to carry out bodhisattva practice — this is the eighth; unstained by any worldly dharma while never interrupting any worldly task — this is the ninth; and every buddha's own awakening already manifest before them while never abandoning any bodhisattva vow or practice — this is the tenth. Son of the Buddha! These are the bodhisattva-mahāsattva's ten kinds of path free of birth, transcending the world, not shared with the world, and yet never mixed with the practice of the two lesser vehicles. If bodhisattvas abide within this dharma, they attain a bodhisattva's own definite dharma.
「佛子！菩薩摩訶薩有十種決定法。何等為十？所謂：決定於如來種族中生；決定於諸佛境界中住；決定了知菩薩所作事；決定安住諸波羅蜜；決定得預如來眾會；決定能顯如來種性；決定安住如來力；決定深入佛菩提；決定與一切如來同一身；決定與一切如來所住無有二。是為十。
Son of the Buddha! A bodhisattva-mahāsattva has ten kinds of definite dharma. What are these ten? Namely: definitely being born within the tathāgata's own lineage; definitely abiding within the domain of every buddha; definitely and fully understanding everything a bodhisattva does; definitely abiding in every pāramitā; definitely being admitted into every assembly of the tathāgata; definitely being able to reveal the tathāgata's own lineage-nature; definitely abiding in the tathāgata's own power; definitely penetrating deeply into the buddha's own awakening; definitely sharing one and the same body with every tathāgata; and definitely abiding, without any difference, in the very same place every tathāgata abides. These are the ten.
離世間生而死此生彼起菩薩行 — free of birth in the world while dying here and being born there to carry out bodhisattva practice. Even freedom from birth is stated through the very fact of dying and being born again; the eighth entry does not exempt a bodhisattva from the cycle of birth and death, it simply names carrying out bodhisattva practice as the reason that cycle continues.
Part 749 Complete
This continues chapter thirty-eight, 離世間品, in fascicle fifty-seven. Part 750 opens ten kinds of path that give rise to the buddha-dharma, beginning with according with a good friend as one such path.