Visuddhimagga VIII-187

Tatrime pañca sandhayo uggaho, paripucchā, upaṭṭhānaṃ, appanā, lakkhaṇanti.

这便是五节：（1）受持，（2）遍问，（3）现起，（4）安止，（5）相。

Ñ(VIII,187): Here are the five stages: learning, questioning, establishing, absorption, characteristic.

Tattha uggaho nāma kammaṭṭhānassa uggaṇhanaṃ.

此中（1）受持──是学习业处。

Ñ: Herein, learning is learning the meditation subject.

Paripucchā nāma kammaṭṭhānassa paripucchanā.

（2）遍问──是遍问业处。

Ñ: Questioning is questioning about the meditation subject.

Upaṭṭhānaṃ nāma kammaṭṭhānassa upaṭṭhānaṃ.

（3）现起──现起业处（之相）。

Ñ: Establishing is establishing the meditation subject.

Appanā nāma kammaṭṭhānassa appanā.

（4）安止──业处的安止。[PTS 278]

Ñ: Absorption [278] is the absorption of the meditation subject.

Lakkhaṇaṃ nāma kammaṭṭhānassa lakkhaṇaṃ.

（5）相──业处的特相。

Ñ: Characteristic is the characteristic of the meditation subject;

‘‘Evaṃlakkhaṇamidaṃ kammaṭṭhāna’’nti kammaṭṭhānasabhāvūpadhāraṇanti vuttaṃ hoti.

如是当知是说应该省察业处的相及业处的自性。

Ñ: what is meant is that it is the ascertaining of the meditation subject's individual essence thus: 'This meditation subject has such a characteristic'.