大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 62.42

62.42

Regarding the commentary's "Among these four—body, etc.—the first three are three aggregates…" and so on, this is the fourth [point], clarifying the four reasons. Within this there are two: first, in relation to the self; second, in relation to obstacles. Now, first, expanding and contracting the aggregates is done in order to crush the self. Because there are four categories of the self, they are combined into four, which explains the previously mentioned objects. The Samuccaya says: "The objects of the applications of mindfulness are precisely body, feeling, mind, and dharmas." This was already briefly explained above. It also says: "Furthermore, there are four matters, namely, the matter of the basis of the self, and so on." The present commentary merely lists the names. The treatise explains: "Through inverted perception, foolish ordinary beings mostly imagine a self: resting upon the body with faculties (namely, the matter of the basis of the self); experiencing suffering and pleasure (namely, the matter of the experience of the self); cognizing objective characteristics (namely, the matter of the self-essence of the self); and defiled by greed, etc., or purified by faith, etc. (namely, the matter of the defilement and purification of the self). Therefore, initially, in order to correctly observe the actual characteristics of things, these four matters are established as the focal objects."