瑜伽師地論分門記 4.10

4.10

Within the six parts of the second detailed explanation, the second—explaining the distinctions in the gift of Dharma—has seven parts: 1. Explaining persons who are unfit to be given [the Dharma], divided into four: (1) explaining not giving to non-Buddhists who seek faults, (2) explaining not giving to covetous persons, (3) explaining not giving to secretive hoarders, (4) explaining not giving to persons who do not seek the superior. 2. Explaining persons who are fit to be given [the Dharma], divided into three: (1) based on the definitive meaning, (2) based on seeing other texts, (3) explaining the characteristics of giving based on copying manuscripts. 3. Explaining the examination of what may be given and what may not be given, and what is beneficial and what is unbeneficial, divided into two: (1) explaining that the gift of Dharma should be practiced based on the taint of miserliness and the like, divided into two: [a] examining one's own mind, [b] examining faults; (2) explaining that the gift of Dharma should not be practiced based on the absence of the taint of miserliness and the like, divided into four: [a] explaining examination of one's own mind, [b] explaining examination of others, [c] explaining examination of virtues and faults, [d] characteristics of faultlessness. 4. Explaining the skillful means for not giving, divided into five: (1) general inquiry, (2) brief answer, (3) interrogation, (4) answer regarding the method of applying skillful means, (5) establishing an analogy. 5. Explaining the benefits of applying skillful means. 6. Explaining the method of handling things given purely, divided into four: (1) explaining the method of purification, (2) explaining the rules for persons who may be given [them], (3) explaining the rules for persons who may not be given [them], (4) method for severing doubt. 7. Explaining the general conclusion.