瑜伽論記 4.68

4.68

Regarding 'a forest monk then raised a mocking debate, saying, "I now ask him about the tranquil liberation that transcends form and formlessness, but he cannot explain it..."': the intended meaning here is that the formless absorptions are called 'transcending form', and the taintless absorption is called 'transcending formlessness'; these two are called tranquil liberation. Now it is explained to him that the absorption of the formless realm is not a dwelling happily, while the four dhyānas of the form realm are called tranquil liberation and are dwellings happily in the present life.