瑜伽論記 20.405

20.405

泰師云：此中無有少法能觀少法者，依大乘道理諸法無作用，心觀境時，不知鉗取物，故無法取少法，即此心依境生時，即有如是境之影像於心上顯現，故假說心能觀境，理實當言無有多法能觀多法。經云：少者舉少破多，如依淨鏡面以本質為緣，及謂離質別有所知影像在鏡面得顯現。

Master Tai says: Regarding 'herein there is no dharma whatsoever capable of viewing another dharma': according to the principles of the Mahāyāna, all dharmas lack functional activity. When the mind views an object, it is not like pincers taking hold of a thing; therefore there is no dharma that grasps another dharma. When this very mind arises in reliance on an object, an image of such an object appears upon the mind, and so conventionally it is said that the mind can view the object. In actual principle, one should say that there are not multiple dharmas capable of viewing multiple dharmas. When the sūtra says 'whatsoever [little dharma],' it adduces the small to refute the large. It is like relying on the surface of a clear mirror, with the fundamental object as the condition, and thinking that separate from the fundamental substance there is an image to be known that appears on the mirror's surface.