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瑜伽師地論分門記 4.3

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4.3

Within the nine parts of the fifth, Detailed Explanation, the second, Explaining the characteristics of all-giving (sarvadāna), has four parts: 1. general inquiry; 2. extensive reply, which has three parts: / [1] Replying regarding matters of giving, which has three parts: (1) general heading, (2) listing the names, which has two parts, as in the treatise, (3) specific explanation, which has three parts: (a) explaining internal wealth, (b) explaining internal-and-external wealth, (c) explaining external wealth. / [2] Replying regarding the reasons for giving the internal body, which has two parts: (1) general heading, (2) specific explanation, which has two parts: [i] explaining the relinquishment of one's own internal body, which has two parts: (a) explaining the relinquishment of the entire body, which has three parts: ((i)) explaining the correct meaning, ((ii)) establishing a simile, ((iii)) matching the doctrine [to the simile]; (b) explaining the relinquishment of limbs; [ii] separately explaining the characteristics of giving external things, which has two parts: (a) marking out, (b) explaining, which has two parts: ((i)) explaining enjoyment at will, ((ii)) explaining enjoyment with sovereignty. / [3] Replying regarding the distinctions in giving, which has two parts: [i] brief explanation, which has three parts: (a) general heading, which has two parts: ((i)) marking out, ((ii)) explaining; (b) inquiry; (c) reply, which has two parts: ((i)) explaining the characteristics of non-giving, ((ii)) explaining the characteristics of giving; [ii] detailed explanation of the distinctions in giving, which has two parts: (a) general heading and arising, (b) detailed explanation, which has six parts: ((i)) explaining distinctions in giving according to having wealth and lacking wealth, ((ii)) explaining distinctions in giving according to giving of Dharma, ((iii)) explaining distinctions in giving according to unobstructed understanding (pratisaṃvid), ((iv)) explaining distinctions in giving according to the resolute intention of the four immeasurables (apramāṇa), ((v)) explaining distinctions in giving according to wisdom counteracting obstacles to giving, ((vi)) explaining distinctions in giving according to the resolution of superior intention. The first text has four parts: ((a)) explaining the distinctions in the practice of material giving by a householder bodhisattva, ((b)) explaining the distinctions in the practice of material giving by a renunciant bodhisattva, ((c)) explaining the distinctions in the practice of material giving by an intelligent householder bodhisattva, ((d)) explaining the distinctions in the practice of material giving by an intelligent renunciant bodhisattva.

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