瑜伽論記 9.76
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9.76
However, the orthodox position of Dharmapāla is simply that non-conceptual knowledge has the perceiving aspect but lacks the perceived aspect, and the remaining minds and mental factors possess both parts. Therefore, fascicle seventy-three of the Yogācāra says: it is said to be signless grasping because it does not grasp signs. Yet the Ālambanaparīkṣā states: "taking on that appearance in arising is called the cognitive object." This statement of "taking on the appearance" has two meanings: first, taking on an image-aspect, hence called "taking on the appearance"; second, embracing the intrinsic aspect of the entity, hence called "taking on the appearance." Although non-conceptual knowledge lacks the image-aspect part that is taken on, it nevertheless arises embracing the aspect of tathatā. Why is this? Because the perceiving aspect that cognizes is not separate from tathatā; it is internal direct realization. In terms of there being a single-mind view and teaching the three minds within the true path of seeing,
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