成唯識論演祕 4.11

4.11

Answer: According to the Abhidharmakośa's differentiation of the eighteen realms in the three realms, what is bound to the form realm is only fourteen kinds, excluding the objects of odor and taste, and the olfactory and gustatory consciousnesses. Odor and taste are excluded because their nature is material nutriment, and only by being detached from desire for material nutriment can one be born there; the olfactory and gustatory consciousnesses are excluded because they lack intentional objects. If so, then the tangible realm should also not exist there, just like the objects of odor and taste. Because their nature is material nutriment, the tangibles that exist there are not of the nature of material nutriment. If so, odor and taste should also be of the same class! Odor and taste have no other utility apart from material nutriment; tangibles have other uses, such as supporting the faculties, clothing, and so forth. Being detached from the desire for nutriment, odor and taste have no use; because there are faculties, clothing, and so forth, tangibles are not absent. For this reason, although the form realm has tangible dust, it has no material nutriment. The rest of the extensive questions and answers are as in the chapter and the Liaoyi deng.