宗鏡錄 69.25

69.25

答。雜集論云。由身具等。能持過現六行受用性故。身者。謂眼等六根。具者。謂色等六境。過現六行受用者。謂六識。能持者。謂六根六境。能持六識所依所緣故。過現六識能持受用者。不捨自相故。當知十八。以能持義。故說名界。

Answer: The *Samuccaya* says: 'Because the body, apparatus, and so forth are able to uphold the nature of past and present enjoyment of the six modes. "Body" refers to the six faculties such as the eye; "apparatus" refers to the six objects such as form; "past and present enjoyment of the six modes" refers to the six consciousnesses; "able to uphold" refers to the six faculties and six objects being able to uphold the basis and intentional object of the six consciousnesses; and the past and present six consciousnesses being able to uphold enjoyment means not relinquishing their own characteristics. One should know that eighteen are called elements (dhātu) in the sense of being able to uphold.'