瑜伽師地論分門記 2.26

2.26

The second section, on the summary meaning, has three different approaches: The first approach explains the summary meaning based on five phenomena, including that which is capable of guarding, and has two parts: 1. brief explanation, in three parts: (1) question, (2) answer, (3) conclusion; 2. detailed explanation, in five parts: (1) explaining that which is capable of guarding, in three parts: a. question; b. answer, in two parts as in the treatise; c. conclusion; (2) explaining that which is guarded, in three parts: a. question; b. answer, in two parts: (a) based on the eye-faculty, (b) based on the other faculties, explaining that which is guarded; c. conclusion; (3) explaining what it is guarded against, in two parts: a. question; b. answer, in two parts: (a) explaining guarding based on desirable [objects] and so forth, (b) explaining guarding based on […] and so forth; (4) explaining how it is guarded, in three parts: a. question; b. answer, in two parts: (a) establishing the cause, (b) revealing the effect; c. conclusion; (5) explaining correctly guarding, in three parts: a. question; b. answer, in two parts: (a) establishing the cause, (b) revealing the effect; c. conclusion. The second approach explains the summary meaning based on three phenomena, including the skillful means of guarding, and has two parts: 1. brief explanation, in three parts: (1) heading, (2) enumerated explanation, in three parts as in the treatise, (3) conclusion; 2. detailed explanation, in three parts: (1) explaining the skillful means of guarding, in three parts: a. question; b. answer, in three parts: (a) establishing the cause; (b) revealing the phenomena to be eliminated, in two parts: i. explaining the phenomena to be eliminated based on the eye-faculty, ii. explaining the phenomena to be eliminated based on the other faculties; (c) explaining the path of the antidote; c. conclusion; (2) explaining the objects of guarding, in three parts: a. question; b. answer, in two parts: (a) based on the objective sphere of the eye, (b) based on the objective spheres of the other faculties, explaining the objects to be guarded; c. conclusion; (3) explaining correctly guarding, in three parts: a. question; b. answer, in two parts: (a) establishing the cause, (b) revealing the effect; c. conclusion. The third approach explains the summary meaning based on two phenomena, including the power of investigation, and has four parts: 1. general heading; 2. enumeration of names; 3. explanation, in two parts: (1) explaining the restraint of the sense-faculties subsumed under the power of investigation, in two parts: a. heading, b. explanation; (2) explaining the restraint of the sense-faculties subsumed under the power of cultivation, in two parts: a. heading, b. explanation; 4. explaining distinctions, in two parts: (1) explaining distinctions based on severing, in three parts: a. explaining the distinctions regarding the power of investigation, in two parts: (a) explaining the severing of active manifestations, (b) explaining the non-severing of seeds; b. explaining the distinctions regarding the power of cultivation, in two parts: (a) explaining the severing of active manifestations, (b) explaining the severing of seeds; c. conclusion; (2) explaining distinctions based on the path, in two parts: a. explaining the distinctions regarding the power of investigation, b. explaining the distinctions regarding the power of cultivation.