瑜伽論記 20.443

20.443

初云：修止觀菩薩、由何作意者，是第一問，由何作意而修止觀。言何等者，是第二問。二問彼所除何等法耶？云何除遣者，第三問。問能除遣作何觀行。下答，由緣真如作意，是答初問。由緣真如作意而修止觀言除遣法相及與義相者，第二問除遣何等，今答緣如修止觀時除遣法相及與義相，即除相分，此文即說正證知時不變影像似真如相。

The first part says: 'A bodhisattva who cultivates tranquility and insight, through what mental attention...?' This is the first question: through what mental attention does one cultivate tranquility and insight? The words 'which ones' are the second question: the second asks, what kinds of phenomena are eliminated by that? 'How are they eliminated?' is the third question, asking what contemplation practice is performed by that which can eliminate. The reply below: 'through attention directed to tathatā' answers the first question: one cultivates tranquility and insight through attention directed to tathatā. The words 'eliminates the characteristics of Dharma and the characteristics of meaning': the second question asked what is eliminated; now it answers that when cultivating tranquility and insight with tathatā as the object, one eliminates the characteristics of Dharma and the characteristics of meaning, which means eliminating the objective image aspect (nimittabhāga); this text precisely explains that at the time of direct realization, one does not transform an image that resembles the characteristic of tathatā.