瑜伽論記 5.243

5.243

此中建立境界取所依境，非已思惟，非應思惟等者，謂外實地等為定境本質者，是建立境界取所依境，建立定心影像境故，此現境體能取之心說名現量，地等諸界貫前方便，解若未成，名應思惟等，非現境體，能取彼心，非定現量，返顯建立境界取所依境，名為現境。

Regarding "herein, establishing the sensory realm and apprehending the foundational object, not already thought of, not to be thought of, and so forth": this means that the external real earth and other [elements], being the objective base (maula-vastu) of the meditative object, constitute the establishing of the sensory realm and apprehending the foundational object, because they establish the reflex-image object of the meditative mind. The essence of this present object and the mind that can apprehend it are called direct perception. When one goes through the preliminary expedients regarding the earth and other realms, if the understanding has not yet been accomplished, it is called "to be thought of," and so forth; they are not the essence of a present object, and the mind that can apprehend them is not meditative direct perception. This inversely illuminates that establishing the sensory realm and apprehending the foundational object is called a present object.