說無垢稱經疏 4.290

4.290

Commentary: Third, these three are the joy of comprehending the illusory, because one is not bewildered by the three. Contemplating the aggregates as impermanent, oppressive, and therefore suffering, like an enemy doing harm, they are said to be Māra. Contemplating the eighteen dhātus as stinging sentient beings, they are thus like poisonous snakes. Seeing the metaphor, the older translation simply said 'contemplating the four great elements', because the four elements are subsumed under the six dhātus. Contemplating the twelve āyatanas as being like an empty village, with nothing at all [there]. The older translation said 'contemplating the internal bases', which is narrow in textual meaning. 'Aggregate' (skandha) means accumulation, possessing eleven kinds of accumulation, namely rūpa, vedanā, saṃjñā, saṃskāra, and vijñāna. 'Dhātu' means cause and means upholding self-nature; because it upholds self-nature, it refers to the eye-dhātu, visible-form-dhātu, eye-consciousness-dhātu, up to the mental-faculty-dhātu, mental-object-dhātu, and mind-consciousness-dhātu. 'Āyatana' means producing: because the six faculties and six objects produce the six consciousnesses, it refers to eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, mind, and forms, sounds, scents, tastes, tangible objects, and mental objects.