釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 5.70

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5.70

Answer: This is spoken in terms of the general. When speaking generally, hearing is also spoken of within seeing, and the remaining meanings are analogous to this. Now discussing the factor of vitarka in terms of its specific meaning, it directly corresponds to the body. When the sixteen sensations arise in anāgamya concentration, contacting the body faculty, they produce consciousness, which perceives the preceding characteristics of touch; therefore, it is named the factor of vitarka.

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