大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 44.84

44.84

In the Commentary, "feeling takes receiving and experiencing [as its characteristic]": The Abhidharmasamuccayavyākhyā asks: "What is the characteristic of the aggregate of feeling? Answer: The characteristic of receiving and experiencing is feeling. Therefore, it receives the maturation obtained from various pure and impure karmas." Furthermore, the Vijñaptimātratāsiddhi says: "Feeling refers to having as its nature the receiving and experiencing of the characteristics of pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral objects." In the Commentary, "perception grasps signs": this is precisely the text of the Vijñaptimātratāsiddhi. Below, it says that establishing various verbal expressions is its activity, meaning that one must first establish the differentiated characteristics of an object before one can accordingly generate various verbal expressions. The Abhidharmasamuccayavyākhyā says: "The characteristic of conceptualising and apprehending is the characteristic of perception. Due to this perception, one conceptualises and apprehends various types of appearances. In accordance with the meanings of what has been seen, heard, sensed, and known, one gives rise to various verbal expressions."