瑜伽師地論分門記 3
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3.1
Within the seventeen parts of the second section, Detailed Explanation, of the Maulī Bhūmi, the fourteenth, Explaining the Pratyekabuddhabhūmi, has four parts: 1. explaining the arising; 2. brief reply; 3. listing the names, which has five parts, as in the treatise; 4. specific explanation, which has five parts: / First, explaining the characteristics of the lineage (gotra), which has three parts: 1. general inquiry; 2. brief reply; 3. specific explanation, which has three parts: [i] explaining the lineage according to thin dust, which has two parts: (a) establishing the cause, (b) revealing the fruit, which has two parts: ((i)) not benefiting others, ((ii)) attachment to personal benefit; [ii] explaining the lineage according to thin compassion, which has two parts: (a) establishing the cause, (b) revealing the fruit, which has two parts: ((i)) not benefiting others, ((ii)) clinging to personal benefit; [iii] explaining the lineage according to intermediate faculties and haughty conduct, which has two parts: (a) establishing the cause, (b) revealing the fruit, which has two parts: ((i)) explaining the fruit of haughty conduct, ((ii)) explaining the fruit of intermediate faculties. / Second, explaining the characteristics of the path of cultivation, which has three parts: 1. general inquiry; 2. brief reply; 3. specific explanation, which has three parts: [i] explaining the establishment of the characteristics of the first path according to sharp faculties seeking realization and skill regarding the aggregates and so forth, which has three parts: (a) establishing the cause, (b) revealing the fruit, (c) conclusion; [ii] explaining the establishment of the second path according to intermediate faculties in conformity with the aids to penetration (nirvedhabhāgīya) and the six skills, which has three parts: (a) establishing the path according to the aids to penetration, which has two parts: ((i)) establishing the cause, ((ii)) revealing the fruit; (b) establishing the path according to skill, which has two parts: ((i)) establishing the cause, ((ii)) revealing the fruit; (c) general conclusion; [iii] explaining the establishment of the third path according to dull faculties attaining the fruits of asceticism (śramaṇaphala) and skill, which has three parts: (a) establishing the path according to attaining the fruits of one in training and not attaining the fruits of one beyond training, which has three parts: ((i)) establishing the cause, ((ii)) revealing the fruit, ((iii)) explaining non-realization of the fruit of one beyond training; (b) establishing the path according to skill and so forth, which has two parts: ((i)) establishing the cause, ((ii)) revealing the fruit; (c) general conclusion. / Third, explaining the characteristics of accomplished practice, which has two parts: 1. inquiry; 2. reply, which has three parts: [i] establishing the fruit according to the first path, which has two parts: (a) establishing the cause, (b) revealing the fruit; [ii] establishing the fruit according to the second and third paths, which has two parts: (a) establishing the cause, (b) revealing the fruit, which has two parts: ((i)) establishing the essence of the fruit, ((ii)) revealing the virtues of the fruit; [iii] explaining the distinctions, which has two parts: (a) establishing the name according to the first path, (b) establishing the names according to the latter two paths. / Fourth, explaining the characteristics of abiding, which has two parts: 1. inquiry; 2. reply, which has two parts: [i] explaining abiding in mental application such as resolution according to the rhinoceros horn simile (khaḍgaviṣāṇakalpa), which has two parts: (a) establishing the cause, (b) revealing the fruit, which has five parts, as in the treatise; [ii] explaining dwelling mixed together according to the simile of walking in groups (vargacārin), which has two parts: (a) explaining the meaning of dwelling mixed together, (b) pointing to the text. / Fifth, explaining the characteristics of wandering, which has two parts: 1. inquiry; 2. reply, which has three parts: [i] explaining virtues such as well guarding the body; [ii] explaining the reasons for not transforming and benefiting sentient beings through speech, which has three parts: (a) explaining the correct meaning, (b) inquiry, (c) replying to the reason, which has two parts, as in the treatise; [iii] explaining that the preceding three are all the meaning of inclining toward quietude.
3.2
Here ends the Sectional Notes on the Pratyekabuddhabhūmi.
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