瑜伽論記 3.151

3.151

The category 'if it is death' subsumes the first two phrases, because they are the actual substance of death. 'If it is the phenomena of death' subsumes the third and fourth phrases, [namely] tearing of limbs and not tearing of limbs, because they are the regular patterns at the time of death in the five destinies. 'If it is the varieties of death' subsumes the six phrases below the fifth phrase. 'If it is the state after death' subsumes the eleventh phrase: regarding 'actions of the demon of death,' Master Ji explains that this is the action of the demon of death on the actual substance of death. This is also subsumed under the varieties of death; alternatively, taking consciousness having separated from the body after death to be called the demon of death, it is also said to be subsumed under the state after death. These two limbs of birth and death, as appropriate, take the five aggregates as their nature. Since they are suffering in manifest activity, they are exclusively taken as manifest activity, though there are combined explanations or their applying also to seeds. The Cheng weishi lun states: 'From intermediate existence up to prior to the decline and alteration within basic existence, all are subsumed under the limb of birth; even if an altered mind arises in the final state of intermediate existence conditioning a future fruition, it is still the limb of birth; because previous craving and grasping approaching death moisten existence, they can produce intermediate existence and future birth; the states of decline and alteration are collectively called aging, and the destruction of the body and end of life is finally called death.'