俱舍論頌疏論本 2.7

2.7

Regarding "excluding visible form and sound, eight are indeterminate; the remaining are of three kinds": this is the section classifying the three moral natures. Among these ten material dhātus, excluding visible form and sound, the remaining eight are of indeterminate (avyākṛta) nature. The two words "indeterminate" grammatically belong to the upper line. "The remaining" refers to visible form and sound, which encompass all three natures. The three natures are: first, wholesome; second, unwholesome; third, indeterminate. If a phenomenon is praiseworthy and placed within the white category, it is called wholesome by nature; if a phenomenon is blameworthy and placed within the black category, it is called unwholesome by nature; that which is neither praiseworthy nor blameworthy is called indeterminate. Another explanation is: because it cannot be recorded as a maturation result (vipāka-phala), it is called indeterminate. The eight kinds, such as the eye, cannot be recorded as wholesome or unwholesome in nature; they are subsumed under the indeterminate. If visible form and sound are co-arisen through the power of a wholesome mind and are subsumed under bodily or vocal intimation, they are called wholesome by nature; if they are co-arisen through the power of an unwholesome mind and are subsumed under bodily or vocal intimation, they are called unwholesome; if co-arisen from an indeterminate mind and subsumed under bodily or vocal intimation, they are called indeterminate. And those not co-arisen from mind are collectively called indeterminate. The mention of "visible form and sound" refers to: bodily intimation is visible form, and vocal intimation is sound. "Co-arisen" means that the mental sovereign and mental factors can give rise to them together. Because visible form and sound are not intrinsically wholesome or unwholesome, they are judged to be wholesome or unwholesome based on the mind that produces them. If the mind is wholesome, the body and speech it produces are also called wholesome; if the mind is unwholesome, the body and speech it produces are also called unwholesome. Therefore bodily and vocal [actions] are called co-arisen wholesomeness.