俱舍論頌疏論本 4.20

4.20

Explanation: The first three lines indicate and enumerate them; the fourth line explains why they obtain the name of universal factors. Sensation means experiencing; this is of three kinds: painful, pleasurable, and neither, because there are distinctions (neither is the sensation of equanimity). Ideation is the grasping of images, that is, grasping distinct marks with respect to the objective field before one. Volition is mental construction, that is, being able to cause the mind to perform mental construction. Contact means impingement, arising from the coming together of faculty, object, and consciousness, having the ability to impinge. Desire means longing for an action to be undertaken. Wisdom means having discernment regarding phenomena. Mindfulness means clearly recording and not forgetting regarding conditions. Attention is activating the mind, that is, having the nature of alerting the mind. Resolve means certifying with respect to an object: 'this matter is like this, it is not otherwise,' giving rise to distinctive understanding. Samādhi is called here 'equipoise' (samādhi); it maintains the mind equally to function on a single object, and also maintains the mental factors, being spoken of as mind by way of the dominant factor.