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瑜伽論記 7.188

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7.188

Herein, one's own faculties, objects, and material body are called the internal body. Other persons' faculties and objects, as well as external non-sentient things, are collectively called the external body. One's own and others' five faculties are called the body comprised of faculties. One's own and others' five objects, as well as the external five objects, are called the body not comprised of faculties. One's own and others' internal faculties and objects are called the body belonging to the category of sentient beings. Mountains, rivers, plants, and trees, etc., are called the body not belonging to the category of sentient beings. Having not yet attained dhyāna is called the body co-occurring with coarseness-heaviness. Having already attained dhyāna is called the body co-occurring with pliancy. The internal and external four great elements are the primary body. The remaining faculties and objects are called the secondary body. As for 'name body' and 'form body', they are mentioned in general to form a pair; here the intention is to take the form body and not the name body, which is the sphere of the other three applications of mindfulness. Master Beishu explained: In cognizing the internal body, it is conceptually divided into the two bodies of name and form. The 'ancestor-land body' refers to the body of a preta. Because since ancestral times they depend on rituals and sacrifices offered by sons and daughters, they all have this craving, extending up to higher ancestors; thus it is called 'ancestor-land,' as explained at length in the extensive treatise. Furthermore, the 'conscious body' is a body possessing the life-faculty; the 'unconscious body' is a dead person's corpse. The 'intermediate body and surface body': the internal interior is called the intermediate body; the external appearance of the body is called the surface body. Having died a long time ago is called a mutated body. The newly dead and not-yet-dead body is called an unmutated body. As for the 'paṇḍaka body', Jing says: 'ṣaṇḍhaka' was formerly called huangmen (eunuch); 'paṇḍaka' was formerly called bocha; improper speech refers to the lack of faculty-marks. The 'non-friend body' is an enemy's body. The 'middling body' is a neutral person's body. The 'inferior, middling, and superior bodies' refer to inferior, middling, and superior distinguished by beauty and ugliness, or by strength and weakness, or in terms of size.

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