大乘百法明門論解 1.5

1.5

"Great" takes setting aside the lesser as its meaning; "vehicle" gets its name from conveying and carrying (name and meaning are stated mutually). "Hundred" is a number. "Dharmas" refers to mundane and supramundane dharmas; thus citta-dharmas are eight, caitasikas are fifty-one, rūpa is eleven, viprayuktas are twenty-four, and asaṃskṛta-dharmas are six; therefore they constitute the hundred dharmas of the Mahāyāna. "Understanding" (ming) is the undefiled wisdom of a bodhisattva, because it is capable of destroying darkness. "Gateway" (men) is expressed in the sense of opening up without obstruction. "Treatise" (śāstra) is the designation for discerning essence and characteristics and instructing disciples.