瑜伽論記 3.32
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3.32
Under the sixth, ‘the predominance of karma’, there are six [aspects]. The first four apply generally to both good and evil; the fifth is unwholesome; the sixth is exclusively wholesome. The first is the characteristic of sharp [affliction]; the second is the characteristic of exertion; under the third, ‘intrinsic nature’, first the four of speech are evaluated, next the three of body, and finally the three of mind collectively evaluate the three karmas. In evaluating the paths of the ten karmas individually, physical matter (rūpa) comes first and the mind comes later. Within physical matter, the heavy comes first and the light later; within the paths of mental karma, the light comes first and the heavy later. Although the methods of presentation differ, there is no fault. However, among the three penal karmas, mental karma is the heaviest; among the five perverse views, wrong view is the heaviest; among the five uninterrupted karmas, causing a schism in the Sangha is the heaviest. Because the points of comparison differ, here karma is explained without reference to the uninterrupted [crimes]; thus, [considering] verbal karma as light is logically without fault.
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