成唯識論了義燈 1.75

1.75

Fourth, regarding the outline and explanation of the main text, there are three parts: first, distinguishing the period and masters, as clarified in the Commentary; second, clarifying the branches: that is, the intention of the various bodhisattvas in composing the treatises was not only to propagate the Buddha's sūtras, but also to broadly elucidate the meanings in the *Yogācāra[-bhūmi]*. As their doctrinal expositions differ, there are briefly ten branches; "branches" means branch components, all of which are branches belonging to the *Yogācāra[-bhūmi]*.