瑜伽論記 4.256

4.256

That [treatise] explains the second liberation, saying: Internally having suppressed the seer's notion of form refers to the beginner; or presently establishing the seer's notion of formlessness refers to one whose practice is fulfilled. The meaning of the liberation aroused by one liberated in both ways should be understood in accord with the previous explanation. Furthermore, "not reflecting on the mark of light of that notion, but merely forming resolute conviction regarding external forms" explains the meaning of contemplation. If with respect to forms one has already attained liberation from desire, those are called "external": these very forms whose defilement has been abandoned are called "external" because they have transcended defilement; contemplating all these forms as objects is called "contemplating external forms," and it is not merely contemplating external sense dust that is called "contemplating external forms." If one relies on the Abhidharmasamuccaya, the internal body is called "internal" and external sense dust is called "external"; contemplating sense dust as objects is called "contemplating external forms." Its statement of the two meanings of internal and external momentarily resembles the Hīnayāna school, but relying on the formless absorptions to abandon internal defilement of form, etc., differs from it. The above two liberations, according to the Kośa, [are taught because] the first two dhyānas can eliminate greed for visible colors in the desire realm and the first dhyāna; that can be said of the contemplation of impurity, whereas here one cultivates the mark of light, etc. Fascicle twenty of the Xianyang says: These two eliminate hindrances to transformation; for the sake of attaining mastery over transformation, one cultivates the two liberations. Since transformation is common to all four dhyānas, the first two liberations are commonly based on all four dhyānas, agreeing with the Tattvasiddhi-śāstra; they still abide in the fundamental states, not in the preparatory stages. Their cultivation out of aspiration produces no supernormal fruition at all, whereas this leisurely cultivation produces supernormal fruition.