瑜伽師地論略纂 12.6

12.6

As for the treatise stating that "moreover, the bodhisattvas, with regard to that world, with regard to the origin of the world," and so on, this is the contemplation of the world through eight kinds of aspects. "With regard to that world" refers to the truth of suffering. "With regard to the origin of the world" refers to the truth of origin. "The cessation of the world" is the truth of cessation. "With regard to the practices leading toward the origin of the world" means that craving is the truth of origin, and feeling can generate craving, so feeling is the practice leading toward origin. "The practices leading toward the cessation of the world" refers to the truth of the path. "With regard to the gratification and danger of that world" is to re-contemplate the truth of origin and suffering. "As well as the renunciation" is to re-contemplate the truth of cessation. Question: Why is the truth of origin re-contemplated three times, while the truth of suffering and the truth of cessation are re-contemplated twice? Explanation: Suffering and origin are deeply repulsive, so one contemplates them two or three times; cessation is exceedingly desirable, so one also re-contemplates it. Furthermore, of the former five contemplations among the four truths, only origin is re-contemplated in terms of the practice leading toward origin; this means that because craving is deeply repulsive, it is therefore re-contemplated. Previously, the four truths were contemplated separately; below, the four truths are re-contemplated. Gratification refers to the truth of origin, or perhaps the truth of suffering. Danger refers to the truth of suffering, or perhaps the truth of origin. Renunciation refers to the two untainted truths, forming a single contemplation.