瑜伽論記 2.221

2.221

As for the ten challenges, they are so named in accordance with the ten occurrences of the character ‘because’ (故) in the concluding lines below: 1. the challenge of awareness not being prior; 2. from ‘Are the worldly actions caused by awareness?’ onwards, the challenge of thought and awareness being prior; 3. from ‘Is a self designated on the aggregates?’ onwards, the challenge of designation upon the aggregates; 4. from ‘Is it identical with the seer, etc.?’ onwards, the challenge of establishing existence upon them; 5. from ‘Is it associated with defilement and purification?’ onwards, the challenge of establishing defilement and purification; 6. from ‘Is it associated with the characteristics of saṃsāra?’ onwards, the challenge of saṃsāra and its cessation; 7. from ‘Is it through suffering and pleasure produced by objects?’ onwards, the challenge of agent, experiencer, and liberation; 8. from ‘Furthermore, you should now state what you intend: is the self alone spoken of as the agent?’ onwards, the challenge of designating an agent; 9. from ‘Furthermore, you should state what your intention is: is the self established based on the self?’ onwards, the challenge of designating discourse; 10. from ‘Is the view asserting a self wholesome or unwholesome?’ onwards, the challenge of designating various views.