俱舍論頌疏論本 17.52

17.52

Regarding "the middle has two, three, four": "the middle" refers to unwholesome, because it stands between the wholesome and indeterminate; thus it is called "middle". Unwholesome karma takes wholesome phenomena as two fruits, unwholesome phenomena as three fruits, and indeterminate phenomena as four fruits. The words "two fruits" refer to personal endeavor and sovereignty. The words "three fruits" exclude ripening and disconnection. The words "four fruits" exclude only disconnection. Question: "How can the indeterminate be an outflow of the unwholesome?" Answer: "Universal unwholesome [defilements] and the remaining unwholesome karmas abandoned by seeing the noble truth of suffering act as similar cause, taking the defiled indeterminate view of self and extreme views as outflow fruit."