瑜伽論記 4.368

4.368

第四喻中有五句，超災患者，謂八災患謂尋伺四受二息，此顯離下地失。鮮白者，顯離自地失，次以長者四業喻定四用，如次配也。八經九經以為喻者，西方織疊八縷九縷而為一莖經，織作疊時其疊堅緻，如此方作𢇇布四𢇇五𢇇方可堅緻。清淨、鮮白者，如衣不薄堪忍寒暑等種種諸苦。周遍者，如無露處一切散動所不能侵。

In the fourth simile there are five phrases: 'Transcending afflictive calamities' refers to the eight calamities, namely investigation, reflection, the four feelings, and the two breaths; this reveals freedom from the faults of the lower stages. 'Bright white' reveals freedom from the faults of its own stage. Next, using the householder's four activities as similes for the four functions of concentration, they are matched accordingly. As for 'using eightfold warp and ninefold warp as a simile': in the Western regions, eight or nine strands are woven into a single warp thread; when weaving fine cotton cloth, the cloth is tight and solid, just as here when making ramie cloth, fourfold or fivefold ramie can only then be tight and solid. 'Pure and bright white' is like clothing that is not thin, enduring heat, cold, and various other sufferings. 'Pervasive' is like having no exposed spot, unable to be invaded by any distraction.