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瑜伽師地論略纂 10.63

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10.63

Regarding the treatise's statement: "Furthermore, there are four kinds: first, reality universally accepted by the world... up to fourth, reality that is the sphere of action of the purified wisdom regarding the cognitive obscurations": The first refers to what is commonly accepted by worldly convention as existent; based on conventional reasoning, this dharma exists, excluding imagined dharmas, and is therefore termed reality established by the world. Because it is commonly accepted, it is termed real; it consists solely of conditioned, contaminated dharmas. Unconditioned, uncontaminated dharmas, being established by reasoning, are transworldly. Second, reality established by reasoning refers to the meaning established by the wise up to practitioners of observation, relying on reasoning such as perception, inference, and scriptural authority; this encompasses contaminated and uncontaminated, conditioned and unconditioned dharmas. Third, regarding reality that is the sphere of action of the purified wisdom regarding the afflictive obscurations: according to the treatise text, it encompasses the preparatory wisdom and so forth of the two vehicles, which means the three wisdoms attained by the three vehicles, the objects of the three wisdoms, unconditioned nirvāṇa, the four truths, and so forth—these constitute the essence of the reality that is the sphere of action of the purified wisdom regarding the afflictive obscurations. Only preparatory wisdom among contaminated [dharmas], the two uncontaminated wisdoms, and unconditioned nirvāṇa constitute this essence of reality. Fourth, reality that is the sphere of action of the purified wisdom regarding the cognitive obscurations refers to the non-conceptual and subsequent wisdoms, the two wisdoms obtained upon severing the cognitive obscurations, as well as the unconditioned suchness obtained through that severing; these constitute the essence of this reality, which specifically clarifies the uncontaminated and unconditioned. Furthermore, if the latter two realities are taken solely as the unconditioned obtained through the severing of the two obscurations and do not include the wisdoms, then they are purely unconditioned and do not encompass the conditioned.

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