俱舍論疏 2.44

2.44

On the Śāstra's: "The proper explanation is... the male faculty is non-existent": this is the author's critique. Regarding "Because craving for the six faculties arises dependent upon the internal body, and is not manifested dependent upon objective spheres": that is, craving that takes the six faculties as object arises dependent on one's own body, and does not arise dependent on external objects. Because the cause exists, the nose and tongue faculties exist. As for the entity of the male faculty, it is merely a portion of the body faculty that is capable of tactile contact with the sexual object, and is termed the male faculty. The arising of this craving necessarily depends on craving for the object, unlike the nose and tongue which, depending on the loci of internal faculties, give rise to a general craving for the body. Therefore, because in the higher realm there is craving for the internal body, the nose and tongue are not non-existent; but because there is no craving for sexual objects, the male faculty is non-existent. The rest of the text is intelligible.