法智遺編觀心二百問 1.54

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問：若執王數相扶，觀王必觀數，何故約識心修觀，後更歷四陰觀耶？觀時既然，悟時那不然耶？

Question: If one insists that the mental king and mental associates support each other, so that contemplating the king necessarily involves contemplating the associates, why is it that when cultivating contemplation based on the mind of consciousness, one subsequently passes through the other four skandhas to contemplate them? Since it is so at the time of contemplation, why would it not be so at the time of awakening?