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瑜伽師地論分門記 1.149

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1.149

3. Establishing the limbs of dhyāna has four parts: (1) explaining the establishment of the limbs, having four parts as in the treatise; (2) explaining the functions and so forth of the limbs, having four parts as in the treatise; (3) explaining the reasons for establishing the limbs; (4) distinguishing the presence or absence of vitarka and vicāra. / 4. Establishing the variant names has four parts: (1) explaining higher mind (adhicitta), having two parts: [a] statement; [b] explanation; (2) explaining pleasant abiding, having two different approaches; the first approach has four parts: [a] statement; [b] explanation; [c] inquiry; [d] answering why; the second approach has two parts: [a] explaining the virtues of pleasant abiding; [b] explaining that the formless attainments lack this pleasure; (3) and (4) explaining the partial nirvāṇa and distinctive nirvāṇa, having two parts: [a] statement; [b] explanation. / 5. Establishing the renunciation of the various feelings has two parts: (1) general statement; (2) explanation, having five parts: [a] explaining the renunciation of the various feelings, having five parts: (i) explaining the renunciation of the faculties, having five parts: i. renouncing the faculty of sorrow; ii. renouncing the faculty of suffering; iii. renouncing the faculty of joy; iv. renouncing the faculty of pleasure; v. renouncing the faculty of equanimity; (ii) citing the sūtra; (iii) explaining full knowledge, having three parts: i. question; ii. brief answer; iii. individual explanations, having five parts as in the treatise; (iv) explaining maintaining the mind, having three parts: i. question; ii. answer; iii. explaining complete exhaustion, having two parts: [i] statement; [ii] explanation; (v) explaining the distinctions between mundane and supramundane paths, having three parts: i. explaining the faults of the mundane path; ii. explaining the virtues of the supramundane path; iii. drawing parallels to the rest; [b] explaining full knowledge of the faculties, having four parts: (i) full knowledge of the faculty of sorrow, having two parts: i. question; ii. answer; (ii) full knowledge of the faculty of suffering, having four parts as in the treatise; (iii) full knowledge of the faculty of joy; (iv) full knowledge of the faculty of pleasure; [c] distinguishing the presence or absence of the faculty of suffering; [d] explaining the signless attainment; [e] explaining how far the faculty of equanimity reaches, having two parts: (i) question; (ii) answer. / 6. Establishing the mutual subsumption between the five faculties and the realms of escape has two parts: (1) general statement; (2) explanation, having four parts: [a] explaining the realms of escape, having three parts: (i) explaining escape based on the third [dhyāna] and below; (ii) explaining escape based on the fourth [dhyāna] and below; (iii) explaining escape based on the formless realm and below; [b] explaining the meaning of escape, having two parts: (i) question; (ii) answer, having two parts: i. establishing escape based on the antidotes; ii. not establishing escape based on what is to be countered; [c] distinguishing the three escapes from desire and so forth, having three parts: (i) question; (ii) answer; (iii) individual explanations, having three parts: i. statement; ii. listing names; iii. establishing the antidotes, having two parts: [i] the third [dhyāna] and below; [ii] the fourth [dhyāna] and above; [d] explaining the sūtra's meaning, having twenty-eight parts, as should be known from the treatise. / 7. Establishing the six realms of escape has six parts: (1) brief statement; (2) citing the sūtra; (3) explaining the intention in establishing the six realms of escape; (4) explaining the antidotes, having two parts: [a] brief, having three parts: (i) based on the first four; (ii) based on the middle one; (iii) based on the last one; [b] detailed, having six parts as in the treatise; (5) explaining the benefits of the six kinds of escape; (6) explaining mutual subsumption, having two parts: [a] explaining the mutual subsumption of the first five; [b] explaining the mutual subsumption of the latter six. / 8. Establishing the four reliances has five parts: (1) brief statement; (2) citing the sūtra and listing names; (3) explaining the intention in establishing the four reliances, having two parts: [a] question; [b] answer, having three parts: (i) brief explanation; (ii) explaining the intention behind the establishment; (iii) explaining the first one; (4) explaining the four reliances, having four parts as in the treatise; (5) establishing the four types of persons based on the four periods, having three parts: [a] statement; [b] explanation; [c] conclusion.

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