俱舍論疏 2.62

2.62

From the Śāstra's "It is said... because established by implication": this is the explanation. In the text there are two parts: first, explaining having an objective support; second, explaining having appropriation. This text is the first. "The six consciousnesses, the mind dhātu, and all mental factors are called having an objective support": this points to the substantial entities. "Because they are capable of apprehending objects" explains the reason. Because mind and mental factors can apprehend their objective support, they are called having an objective support. The Nyāyānusāra states: "Just as a person has a child, the terms 'objective support' (ālambana), 'range' (gocara), and 'object' (viṣaya) have differences in meaning." "The remaining ten form dhātus and the unassociated dharmas subsumed under the dharma dhātu are called lacking an objective support": this points to the substantial entities. Unassociated dharmas also subsume avijñapti-rūpa and the three unconditioned phenomena; all are unassociated because they cannot apprehend objects. "Because established by implication" explains the reason. The Nyāyānusāra states: "The five consciousness bodies definitely do not take a composite entity as object. Yet they necessarily have an object, so the fact that they take a real dharma as object is established by implication. If the five consciousness bodies comprehend the ultimate object, for what reason do the five consciousnesses not sever fetters? Because they comprehend only the specific characteristic (svalakṣaṇa), because they proceed through external gates, because they lack equipoise (samāhita), because they are without conceptual discrimination, because they fall upon a single object, and because their objective support is minute—although they comprehend the ultimate, they do not sever the fetters."