Distinguishing the Fruit Attained — Five Fruits, Renamed Ten Ways

What does this mean? "The vessel" means the karmically ripened result that accords with wholesome dharmas. "The strength" means: through that vessel's dominant power, the wholesome dharmas come to have a superior nature. "Delight" means: through the power of having repeatedly cultivated the good in a former life, one now, in this life, comes to feel deep delight in wholesome dharmas. "Growth" means: through the power of repeatedly cultivating the good in the present, the good roots one cultivates swiftly reach completion. "Purity" means: the obstruction is cut off, and one attains permanent freedom from bondage. These five, in order, are precisely the five fruits: first, the ripened fruit; second, the dominant fruit; third, the outflow fruit; fourth, the fruit of endeavor; fifth, the fruit of freedom from bondage.

What does this mean? In brief, the remaining fruits are, in distinction, ten. First, the subsequent fruit — the fruit of arousing bodhicitta from the cause, the spiritual lineage, and so on, each fruit understood as leading, in turn, to the next. Second, the initial fruit — the very first realization of the supramundane dharma. Third, the repeatedly-practiced fruit — every stage of the trainee from this point onward. Fourth, the final fruit — the dharma of one beyond training. Fifth, the accordant fruit — the gradual progression of the cause, subsumed under the subsequent fruit. Sixth, the obstruction-ending fruit — the path capable of severance, which is precisely the initial fruit, called "obstruction-ending" because it eliminates the obstruction. Seventh, the fruit of freedom — precisely the repeatedly-practiced fruit and the final fruit, since the trainee's stage and the stage beyond training are, in order, freed from the bondage of affliction. Eighth, the excellent fruit — the excellent virtues such as the superknowledges. Ninth, the higher fruit — the bodhisattva grounds, since these surpass the other vehicles though buddhahood is not yet attained. Tenth, the unsurpassed fruit — the tathāgata ground, since beyond this there is no further, more excellent dharma. Here, the last six fruits spoken of are simply distinctions within the first four — the final fruit, and the rest. These fruits are, in this way, only briefly described; explained in full, the fruits would be without limit.

The general meaning: through embracing; through distinction; through prior habituation; through drawing forth what follows in turn; through naming; and through explaining. Here, "embracing" means the five fruits. "Distinction" means the remaining ten fruits. "Prior habituation" means the ripened fruit specifically. "Drawing forth what follows in turn" means the remaining four of the five fruits. "Naming" means the subsequent fruit and its following three — the initial, the repeatedly-practiced, and the final. "Explaining" means the accordant fruit and the remaining five, since these further distinguish the first four.