俱舍論記 4.46

4.46

"Determination (adhimokṣa) means being able to approve an object": because it is a superior understanding, it is called determination. That is, it can approve and ascertain regarding an object that this matter must be so and cannot not be so. Question: If so, how can there be determination associated with doubt? Explanation: Both the preceding and succeeding thoughts of 'is it?' or 'is it not?' can each approve, and therefore there is determination. Furthermore, the Abhidharmāvatāra states: "Determination means being able to approve an object, which is the meaning of causing the mind not to be faint-hearted regarding the intentional object (the explanation says: it causes the mind [to be so] following what is predominant, but it also causes the mental factors)." The eleventh fascicle of the Nyāyānusāra states: "Determination exists separately, just as the sūtra states: 'The mind approves the intentional object by means of determination,' meaning whenever the mind arises it can approve the object (the explanation says: it speaks of the mind following what is predominant, meaning that the mental factors are also able to approve the object)." Furthermore, the Nyāyānusāra additionally relates the explanation of the masters of the Saṃyuktābhidharmahṛdaya and others: "Other masters say: 'superior' (adhi-) means intensifying, and 'understanding' (-mokṣa) means liberation. This can cause the mind to function unobstructed and sovereignly regarding the object, like superior discipline and so forth (the explanation says: causing the mind to be sovereign regarding the object is 'superior'; because the object cannot obstruct it, it obtains the alternative name 'liberation,' just as one speaks of superior discipline, superior concentration, and superior discernment. Just as it is said that through contact the mind attaches to the object, and through determination the mind is freed from the object—this is precisely that meaning. When the Saṃyuktābhidharmahṛdaya calls it 'liberation,' it only catches the sense of release, lacking the sense of superior; this is an error of the translator)."