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瑜伽論記 3.125

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3.125

In name-and-form, first 'name' is explained, and afterwards 'form' is explained. As for the desire realm possessing ten [kinds of form] and designated form subsumed under the base of phenomena (dharmāyatana): the real form of the base of phenomena refers to the fruits of superior concentration; since the desire realm lacks concentration, it is said to be absent; because it mostly has designated [form], it is distinguished. In the higher realms, both designated and real are present, but it states 'not all' because they lack non-restraint and prātimokṣa, and mirror-images and the moon in water are also absent there; although the designated [form] of the lower realm lacks the matter of concentration and the path-associated precepts, it possesses both the restraint and non-restraint categories of karma, and hence is not differentiated; the higher realms have only restraint, showing that they lack non-restraint, hence it says 'not all.' Here, it speaks generally of seeds and active states, yet future and present name-and-form and the other four are not the real essences of the branches. The Vijñaptimātratāsiddhi says: 'Except for the latter three causes, all remaining causes are subsumed under the seeds of name-and-form.' The latter three causes, according to the order of the names, are precisely the latter three kinds. This speaks of the five branches being unmixed in intrinsic nature as vipāka.

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