瑜伽論記 11.5

11.5

In the initial explanation of offerings, the text is divided into two: first, it explains the ten kinds of offerings; later, it explains the six kinds of superior resolve. In the former, there are again two: first, it explains offerings to the Buddha, and later it analogizes offerings to the Dharma and Saṅgha. In the former, there are three: first, a question; next, an answer; and last, a conclusion. In the answer, it first lists the ten gates, and later analyzes them according to the gates. Within the ten gates, the first two form a pair: namely, making offerings to the Buddha's body and to caityas. Jing says: "Śarīra is translated here as essence (ti), referring to making offerings to the Buddha's essence; kāya means body; śāli is cereal grains. Furthermore, as for the Buddha's disciple named Śāriputra, it should be pronounced Śāriputra: śāri is a bird that can speak, and because his mother was named Śāri resembling that bird, and putra means son; now this sound śa being difficult to pronounce, he is still called Śāriputra. As for caitya, the Tripiṭaka Master says it means accumulation: accumulating bricks and stones or even gold and silver to make a stupa for the Buddha; because by building this stupa one causes oneself and others to accumulate meritorious karma, it is also called accumulation. Places therein whether enshrining relics or not enshrining relics are all Buddha-stupas and are all called caityas. Stūpa has the sense of high and prominent, equivalent to the meaning of fotu here." Tai says: "Śarīra is called 'body' here, meaning personally making offerings to the Tathāgata's form body; shali is a corrupt pronunciation. Stūpa is called here 'place of offering'; the old translation fotu is a corrupt pronunciation; the Sanskrit text calls it buddha. Caitya is translated here as 'lofty and supreme', meaning a supreme place." Ji says: "Śarīra is the essence, namely the Buddha's essence; although the text below speaks of offering to the form body, the intention is to make offerings to the true Buddha Dharmakāya, hence it says 'essence'." Ce says: "According to Western methods, places that mostly enshrine the Buddha's relics are called caityas; according to the Mahāsāṃghika Vinaya, a place with relics is called a stūpa, and one without relics is called a caitya." The next two, present and not present, form a pair; the next two, doing it oneself and having another do it, form a pair. Using material goods and reverent worship for the preceding six kinds constitutes the seventh; taking these preceding seven kinds, and generating a vast mind toward abundant material items, is called vast offering; taking these preceding eight kinds, making offerings with a pure mind is called undefiled. The preceding nine kinds are material offerings; the tenth, correct practice, is the offering of practice.