瑜伽論記 4.92

4.92

Below, on "What is meant by 'one of sharp vision'?" and so forth, in explaining the sutra, there are twenty-eight clauses. The first thirteen clauses concern the preparatory path for freedom from desire; the last fifteen clauses, from "contradictory to this" onward, concern the path of actual freedom from desire. The meaning of this sutra is to show that through the preceding preparatory application and the subsequent path of freedom from desire, tainted sensation does not operate in the body of an arhat and the host of afflictions does not arise, just like water droplets not clinging to a red lotus; hence cultivating the five contemplations is called 'conducive to escape'. Among the first thirteen clauses, the first clause generally marks the person, namely 'one of sharp vision'; the subsequent twelve clauses individually explain their contemplation. In the first part, on "namely, by means of the attention of examination": among the seven attentions, this is the attention of examination, and this statement is general.