瑜伽師地論略纂 14.5

14.5

The treatise says, "...up to: I ultimately do not say that this consciousness goes to the east, up to the four intermediate directions." The "up to" encompasses the intermediate [phrases]. The explanations below of quiescence, having no abode, non-arising, doing nothing, contentment, abiding, and so forth, are what is included in this "up to". Dharma Master Tai says: this refutes the words of non-Buddhists. Various non-Buddhists conceptualize that after death the self goes to the east, west, and so forth; this is now refuted. As the treatise below says, these are the two extremities of the stations of consciousness and of causes and conditions: in the form realm there is coming and going, while consciousness in the formless realm has no coming and going; hence it does not speak of going to the four intermediate directions. Thus we know these are the two extremities. Because the stations of consciousness do not depart from the three realms, the meaning of abiding is spoken of; exhausting them completely, they are therefore called extremities. This completes the second passage of text, explaining the two extremities.