成唯識論了義燈 7.121

7.121

Now I say: This is not so. That text speaks of exhausting outflows with reference to abandonment in the path of cultivation (bhāvanāmārga), not with reference to the path of seeing. Fascicle 71 says that the three [vehicles] arise based on the five [stages], and fascicle 69 states that direct realization relies on the unarrived and the four dhyānas, not mentioning the formless realms or the intermediate [dhyāna]. If one took the capability of severing [afflictions] through the nine bases as proof, then the formless realms should also be capable of entering the path of seeing and generating roots of goodness. If one allows their arising [in the formless realm], that contradicts the Nirvāṇa Sūtra's statement that roots of goodness such as Heat belong to the form realm, as well as the texts of fascicles 71 and 69. Furthermore, when this treatise, as well as fascicle 69, the Prakaraṇāryavācā, etc., state that "relying on the desire realm one generates the four roots of goodness and enters the path of seeing," this is spoken with respect to severing afflictions and with respect to those of sudden awakening in the Mahāyāna. If one is of gradual awakening, the abandonment of the cognitive hindrance is also permitted in the form realm. When those of the two vehicles divert their aspiration [to the Mahāyāna], they also generate the four roots of goodness and enter the path of seeing relying on that [form realm] body.