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俱舍論頌疏論本 4.54

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4.54

Regarding "Affection and respect are faith and shame": this explains the distinction between affection and respect. Affection is faith (śraddhā); respect is shame (hrī). Affection means fond appreciation, whose essence is faith. Yet affection is of two kinds: first, contaminated; second, uncontaminated. Contaminated refers to greed, such as affection for wife, children, and so forth. Uncontaminated refers to faith, such as affection for teachers, elders, and so forth. In this verse, "affection" takes the second kind of affection. There is faith that is not affection, namely faith regarding suffering and origin: because one admits and accepts them, there is faith; because they are repulsive, they are not affection. There is affection that is not faith, namely all contaminated affection: because the arising of greed is affection, and contamination is not faith. There is that which is both faith and affection, namely faith regarding cessation and the path: because one admits and accepts them, faith arises; because they are delightful, there is affection. There is that which is neither faith nor affection, namely excluding the aforementioned aspects. Respect means honoring, whose essence is shame, as in the previous explanation of shame as having respect and so forth. There is shame that is not respect, namely shame regarding suffering and origin: generating embarrassment has shame, but because they are repulsive, it is not respect. There is that which is both shame and respect, namely shame regarding cessation and the path: having veneration has shame, and because they are delightful, there is respect.

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