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成唯識論了義燈 7.76

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The treatise states: "Based on the samādhi of obtaining light"—"light" refers to incomplete wisdom. Here, "light" is given as a name to the premonitory sign of the light of immaculate wisdom. Seeking this premonitory sign, it now becomes manifest; therefore, it is termed "obtaining," meaning that what is obtained is called "obtaining." "Light" is itself what is obtained: this is a karmadhāraya compound. Thus, Asamāhita's commentary on the Mahāyānasaṃgraha states: "'Light' refers to the wisdom capable of illuminating the absence of external objects; because what was sought as the result is attained, it is called 'obtaining.'"

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