宗鏡錄 53.24

53.24

Answer: 'Conditioning' (pratyaya) has the meaning of relying on conditions. 'Object' (viṣaya) has two meanings: first, the meaning of that which is relied upon; second, the meaning of that which is illuminated. As for 'that which is relied upon,' it is like conditioning an object with substantial entity, relying upon it as the object-condition (ālambanapratyaya). As for 'that which is illuminated,' although one does not rely upon it as an intentional object, nevertheless it is the place illuminated and observed, so it is also called an object. For instance, the five sense faculties, such as the eye, illuminate objects such as form; although these are not intentional objects, nevertheless in relation to these faculties they obtain the name of 'objects,' because they are what is illuminated. Moreover, the eye faculty illuminates form, while the eye consciousness conditions form, and so on up to the body faculty perceiving touch, while the body consciousness apprehends touch, and so forth.