般若心經略疏連珠記 2.29

2.29

From the sūtra's "No [suffering]" onward is the third gateway: the gateway of defiled and pure causes and fruits, which has two parts: first, citing the sūtra. These are the four noble truths. 'Noble' (ārya) means correct, because the uncontaminated correct Dharma is attained in the mind. 'Truth' (satya) has two meanings: first, truth and reality. This is examined from the perspective of the object: like the described marks, because it is not abandoned, because it is real, and because it is definite; meaning that the two kinds of causes and conditions—worldly and transworldly—are necessarily without falsity or deviation. Second, thorough discernment. This is clarified in terms of wisdom: because noble wisdom contemplates them thoroughly without error. Although ordinary people possess suffering and origin, they do not thoroughly discern them as real, and thus cannot call them truths. Because undistorted noble wisdom thoroughly knows the object, they are called noble truths. The Yogācārabhūmi says: "They are called truths due to two conditions: first, due to dharmatā; second, due to decisive understanding (adhimukti)." Ordinary people have the former but lack the latter; the noble ones possess both, and thus they are singularly called noble truths. Dharmatā is truth and reality; decisive understanding is thorough discernment.