成唯識論述記 8.487

8.487

述曰：十、能所治門，上地行支能伏下地，何謂上行支？麁、苦等六種行相，此通色、無色，有求上生而起彼行支故。謂觀下界十二支為麁、苦、障；觀上界一切為靜、妙、離，即上地行支。下無明所發，故言上行支斷下一切，以下一切為境界故，雖緣上一切，能緣行相但是行支，故說依上行斷下界支。問：諸心、心所皆有行相，何故六行獨名行相？答：行相謂見分，如先已說，即心、心所無不有之，然今六行體即惠數，簡擇用增偏言行相，如十六行相，故無有失。此六行相如《瑜伽》及《別抄》說。《瑜伽論》第十說：「頗有依支得離支耶？答：有。謂依上地支離下地支，此但一分非全，唯暫時非究竟」。非十二支各少分能，但一行支能，故言一少分。上無明、愛、取惑性；有是所潤業性，非現業性；識等、生等異熟無記故，非能治道。既爾，唯行說能離支，是有漏故唯暫時，非無漏故非畢竟。

The Commentary states: Tenth is the section on the antidote and what is remedied. The formation link of a higher stage can suppress a lower stage. What is the formation link of a higher [stage]? It refers to the six kinds of mental aspects, such as coarseness and suffering, which apply to the form and formless [realms], because there are those who generate that formation link out of longing for rebirth in a higher stage. That is to say, viewing the twelve links of the lower realm as coarse, painful, and obstructive, and viewing all things in the higher realm as tranquil, excellent, and detached—this is the formation link of the higher stage. It is triggered by the lower ignorance; hence it is said that the higher formation link severs all that is lower, because it takes all that is lower as its cognitive object. Although it takes all that is higher as its object, the cognitive aspect that can perceive it is only the formation link; therefore it is said that relying on higher formation, one severs the links of the lower realm. Question: All cittas and caittas possess mental aspects (ākāra); why are the six aspects alone called "mental aspects"? Answer: A mental aspect refers to the darśanabhāga, as previously explained, which no citta or caitta lacks. However, here the substance of the six aspects is the mental factor of wisdom; because its function of discernment is predominant, it is specifically called a "mental aspect," just like the sixteen aspects [of the Four Noble Truths]; hence there is no fault. These six mental aspects are as explained in the Yogācārabhūmi and the Separate Notes. The tenth fascicle of the Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra states: "Can one abandon a link by relying on a link? Answer: Yes. That is, by relying on a link of a higher stage, one abandons a link of a lower stage; this is only partial, not complete, and only temporary, not ultimate." It is not that a partial fraction of each of the twelve links is capable of this, but only the formation link alone is capable of this; hence it says "a single part." Higher ignorance, craving, and grasping are of a defiled nature; existence is of the nature of karmic action moisturized [by defilement], not of the nature of present action; consciousness and so forth, birth and so forth, are karmic retribution and indeterminate; therefore they are not paths of antidotes. Since this is so, only formation is said to be able to abandon a link. Because it is sāsrava, it is only temporary; because it is not anāsrava, it is not ultimate.