俱舍論疏 3.4

3.4

On the Śāstra's: "Having thus [analyzed the elements] based on the elements ... what is the meaning of faculty?": In this chapter there are seventy-four stanzas in total, divided into three sections: first, twenty-two stanzas directly analyzing the faculties; second, twenty-seven stanzas analyzing simultaneous arising; third, twenty-five stanzas analyzing causes and conditions. Within the first section, there are again three parts: first, six stanzas establishing the faculties; second, two stanzas explaining the intrinsic characteristics of the faculties; third, fourteen stanzas analyzing thematic perspectives. Within the first six stanzas: the first stanza recounts the establishment by the master of the Vibhāṣā; the second three stanzas recount the establishment by Dharmagupta; the third one stanza recounts Dharmagupta's restatement of the characteristics of the faculties; the fourth one stanza recounts the establishment by other masters. Within the first text, there are five parts: first, concluding the preceding and asking about the subsequent; second, answering the meaning of faculty; third, reiterating the question; fourth, citing the stanza to answer briefly; fifth, the prose explanation. This is the first text. Master Paramārtha says: "Regarding 'what is the meaning of faculty?': Previously, the eighteen elements were expanded into the twenty-two faculties, but the meaning of 'faculty' has not yet been explained. 'Faculty' has two meanings: first, the meaning of the designation; second, the doctrinal meaning. The meaning of the designation is the reason for establishing the name; the doctrinal meaning is the meaning of having outflows, being free of outflows, and so forth." Now examining this: here, inquiring into the meaning of faculty is specifically asking about the meaning of the designation—due to what meaning are these twenty-two dharmas designated as "faculties"?