瑜伽論記 3.282

3.282

Answer: In terms of their general character, they are aroused in common by the three vehicles. If considered in terms of their distinct character, both are śrāvaka contemplations. Among the śrāvaka contemplations, persons of dull faculties arouse the forty-four knowledges to contemplate fruitions through causes, because this contemplation is easy to accomplish; persons of sharp faculties arouse the seventy-seven knowledges to contemplate causes producing fruitions, because this contemplation is difficult to accomplish. Furthermore, the seventy-seven knowledges are subsumed under the second, skill in origination, and the contemplation of the three meanings among the seven skills. The forty-four knowledges extend across four skills, but lacking the knowledge of the stability of dharmas, they are not the contemplation of the three meanings. Although these two gates of knowledge extend to subsequent knowledge, they properly constitute the contemplation methods of preparatory application, serving as the expedients for the newly arisen path.