瑜伽師地論略纂 10.64

10.64

Regarding the treatise's explanation of worldly reality: "What is reality universally accepted by the world? It refers to all the world's conforming conventional designations regarding various things, worldly habituation, intuitive discernment, and commonality of what is seen": the meaning here clarifies that for all worldly people, regarding various phenomena, the conventions that arise in accordance with those phenomena and the facts confirmed by mental understanding that are commonly accepted by all constitute the essence of this reality, and are therefore listed. "Saying that earth is only earth and so forth is 'this is only this' up to 'not not being like this'": this means that this earth is only earth, this water is only water, and not fire, wind, and so forth, giving rise to definitive understanding. Because it is commonly accepted by the world and handed down from beginningless time, not something suddenly conceived now, such things are the essence of reality.