唯識二十論述記 2.155

2.155

Commentary: This is the Saṃmatīya modifying their thesis to rescue their position. Having seen the five arguments above refuting singularity, they then formulated this position: It is not that everything within the visual range without intervals is in substance a single thing. Why is this? Due to the characteristics of the ground, the place of this elephant and that horse are distinct. Thus the ground in this place and that place becomes distinct. In this way, the places of the four feet are each distinct, so the ground becomes four; beneath a single hoof, the east and west are distinct, so that ground is different; not due to any other reason. The remaining places without interval within the visual range are called a single thing; where there is an interval and it does not reach, it becomes multiple. Therefore, in our school, we are free from the five faults above. Now the text restates this, saying, "If it is said that due to..." and so forth.