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說無垢稱經疏 4.25

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4.25

Commentary: Here there are seven phrases. The interpretation according to the principle of emptiness states: Because of conceptual grasping at existence, there are the hosts of Māras; one then enters the five destinies, fails to attain the five eyes, and lacks the five faculties and powers, thereby harming sentient beings, and one's own evils do not cease. If one renounces in order to penetrate emptiness, the hosts of Māras are naturally subdued, up to and including what is elaborated, and one's own evils thereupon cease. The interpretation according to proper reason states: For one who renounces for the unconditioned dharma, first, one subdues the four Māras; second, one transcends the five destinies; third, one attains the five eyes; fourth, one establishes the five faculties; fifth, one obtains the five powers; sixth, one does not harm or afflict all those sentient beings; seventh, one can completely depart from all evils of one's own. As for the five eyes: first, the fleshly eye, which is not produced by the cultivation of concentration, having as its nature subtle form composed of the four great elements; second, the divine eye, produced on the basis of cultivation, which is subtle form composed of the great elements; third, the Dharma eye, which is wisdom taking the teachings as its object; fourth, the wisdom eye, which is the cognition of emptiness taking principle as its object; fifth, the Buddha eye, which is the wondrous wisdom that perceives both self and others. The remaining four Māras, five destinies, faculties, and powers are all as explained before.

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