二諦義 2.75

2.75

Next, to cite worldly matters further to illustrate these three designations: there are designations derived from the subject and not from the object, from the object and not from the subject, and from both subject and object together. As for deriving from the object and not from the subject: for example, food and drink are named 'eating' (shi). Why? The mouth is that which can eat, and food is that which is eaten, yet food and drink are named 'eating'; this is deriving the name 'eating' from the object. As for deriving from the subject and not from the object: for example, saying 'walking a road'. The road is that which is walked, and the person is that which can walk, yet the designation is taken solely from the person who can walk. As for deriving from both subject and object together: for example, saying 'washing'. Water is that which can wash, and things are that which is washed; simply saying 'washing' applies to both subject and object. Since designations in the world have these three different propositions, the designations of truth also have these three different propositions.