宗鏡錄 51.23

51.23

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.