金剛般若經贊述 1.86

1.86

All the above is explained according to the intention of Vasubandhu; according to Asaṅga, it is not the same as the above. He says: "should abide" refers to desire and vow; desire is correct seeking, meaning correctly seeking Buddhahood; vow means generating mental attention and recollection for the sake of what is sought, that is, making correct vows, severing all evils, and so forth. "Should practice" refers to correspondence with samāpatti; samāpatti is non-conceptual samādhi, meaning that to counteract conceptual discrimination, one gives rise to non-conceptual samādhi, which induces non-conceptual wisdom. The meaning here is that because there is conceptual discrimination, right and wrong thereupon arise; because right and wrong arise, afflictions arise; because afflictions arise, evil karma is created; because evil karma is created, saṃsāra revolves; now, in order to sever these, one gives rise to non-conceptual practice. Conceptual discrimination is precisely the cognitive obscuration. "Should subdue" refers to subduing the mind when it is distracted. "Subduing when distracted" means that if that samāpatti mind is distracted, one restrains it and brings it back to abiding. The meaning here is: if one subdues the conceptual mind and prevents it from becoming distracted, it is therefore called "subduing"; properly giving rise to non-conceptual samāpatti is therefore called "cultivating practice".