瑜伽論記 7.28

7.28

Below, where it clarifies 'when mindful of a short out-breath, one takes this intermediate out-breath as cognitive object': Master Ji says, 'Intermediate in-and-out breaths means that in the interim between the two breaths, in and out, although breath has not yet entered or exited, in that interval there is also the movement of a subtle breath, called the intermediate breath.' Formerly Master Huiyuan said: 'The out-breath momentarily arises from the navel and ceases upon reaching the outside; the in-breath comes from outside the body and ceases upon entering the body, varying in distance and coarseness or subtlety according to the mind.' Tai and Ji both say: 'Because the breath reaches only to the navel and there is no breath passage below the navel, having no other place to exit, it turns back and goes out through the mouth and nostrils.'