唯識二十論述記 1.46

1.46

The Commentary states: Below is the third [section], resolving implicit objections from outsiders and clarifying the word "only" (mātra). Within this there are two parts: first, resolving the implicit objection by explaining the word "consciousness" (vijñāna); second, explaining the word "only". This is the first part. The objection is as stated before, and this is the reply. That is to say: the four terms—citta, manas, vijñāna, and vijñapti (discernment)—spoken of in the sūtras and śāstras are not different in essence; they differ only in name. "Citta" has the meaning of accumulation; "manas" has the meaning of cogitation; "vijñāna" has the meaning of discernment. In the sense of discerning and apprehending, it should properly be called "discernment" (vijñapti). Here the phrasing is abbreviated, mentioning only "discernment" (vijñapti). The older translation used the word "etc.", because it included this discernment.