宗鏡錄 51.23

51.23

答。夫立比量。有自他共。隨其所應。各有標簡。若自比量。自許言簡。若他比量。汝執言簡。若共比量。勝義言簡。今此共比量。有所簡別。真故之言。表依勝義。即依四種勝義諦中。體用顯現諦立。

Answer: In formulating an inference, there are self-oriented (svānumāna), other-oriented (parānumāna), and shared (samānumāna) types; according to what is appropriate, each has its markers of qualification. If it is a self-oriented inference, it is qualified by the words 'accepted by oneself' (zixu). If it is an other-oriented inference, it is qualified by the words 'held by you' (ru zhi). If it is a shared inference, it is qualified by the words 'in ultimate truth' (paramārthataḥ). Now, this shared inference contains a qualification: the words 'in ultimate truth' signify reliance on the ultimate truth. That is, it is established relying on the 'truth of substance and function becoming manifest' among the four kinds of ultimate truths.