成唯識論了義燈 1.14

1.14

Answer: Since capacities and dispositions differ, the essence of the wheel is distinct. In terms of the initial teaching of existence, its essence is explained as usual. Within the teaching of emptiness, the essence is slightly different: taking the eightfold noble path of emptiness as the essence of realizing emptiness, the wisdom of principle is the essence. It takes the teaching expounding emptiness as the cause, the preparatory wisdom realizing emptiness as the cause, and emptiness as the cognitive object taken as the sphere. The remaining factors of awakening (bodhyaṅga) and so on have emptiness as their companion. It takes the path, concentration, and precepts of emptiness as retinue, and the emptiness of bodhi and nirvāṇa as the fruit. If it is the essence of the Dharma-wheel of the third period, it combines both of the preceding two, and can also be considered non-definitive. The correct explanation is as clarified in the Yogācārabhūmi and the fourth fascicle of the Lotus Sūtra Commentary.