宗鏡錄 52.30

52.30

Answer: There are two explanations. First, the darśanabhāga is called 'cogitation' (manana), while the two internal parts are not called 'cogitation' but are called only 'manas'. The darśanabhāga is not called 'manas'; it has cogitation because it is function: it cogitates self and non-self. The two internal parts cannot cogitate self and non-self; they are called only 'manas' because they are substance. Second, the darśanabhāga is the characteristic of cogitation—'characteristic' meaning substantial characteristic and outward appearance—while the two internal parts are the nature of cogitation. Thus, both internal and external are called 'manas', and all three parts are cogitation, excluding only the nimittabhāga. The nimittabhāga is the object cogitated.