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成唯識論了義燈 3.87

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Concerning the power of concentration, supernatural faculties, etc.: Ximing says that "etc." includes supernatural faculties, and tradition says that the Tripiṭaka [master] also included the power of vows. Some say: "etc." includes ten transforming capacities: concentration, supernatural faculties, vows, together with the four powers of the Buddha's empowerment, etc. We now say that this is not so. If it is the Buddha's empowerment, it is subsumed under the power of supernatural faculties; upholding sūtras and dhāraṇīs is subsumed under the power of the Dharma; the power to alter experiences, the power of defilements, the power of altering jewels and pure conduct, etc., are subsumed under the aforementioned power of karma. The Yaoji says: The eighth transforms through three powers, and the empowerment of the Buddhas and others is not different from vows. This is also not so: empowerment is supernatural faculties, not the power of vows.

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