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俱舍論疏 28.90

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The Śāstra says: "At that time, although it is called... [it obtains the name of 'entering']," which describes entering and emerging. A concentration with relish is not truly a concentration, but being similar to concentration it is called concentration; hence it is also called "entering a concentration with relish." The Nyāyānusāra says: "Emerging from concentration has five varieties in all: 1. emerging from a level; 2. emerging from a moment; 3. emerging from an aspect; 4. emerging from an object; 5. emerging from a category. Entering the second dhyāna, etc., from the first dhyāna is called emerging from a level. In the phase where aspects and objects continue to function in succession within the same level, the immediately following moment entering after the preceding moment is called emerging from a moment. Entering from the aspect of impermanence into the aspect of suffering, etc., is called emerging from an aspect. Entering from taking the form-aggregate as an object into taking sensation, etc., as an object is called emerging from an object. Entering from the defiled into the uncorrupted, or from the undefiled into the defiled, is called emerging from a category. Based on emerging from a category, it is said here that 'emerging from what is relished, one enters the concentration that relishes.' Do these two statements not contradict each other? What relishes is craving, not the concentration entered; what is entered is concentration, which is not called relishing. How then can one speak of 'entering the concentration that relishes'? There is no contradiction. We commonly see that in association, mentioning one name designates the entire concomitant category. Just as in admonishing an elder to produce the mental application of determination, because they are intermingled, both receive the two names. Because it is associated with craving, concentration is called relish, and by the power of concentration, craving obtains the name 'concentration'; therefore there is no contradiction between the two terms."

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