瑜伽師地論分門記 6.17

6.17

First within the eleven main divisions, explaining the five distinct characteristics of the arising of material things, divided into four: 1. general statement; 2. interrogative inquiry; 3. listing the designations, divided into five as in the treatise; 4. individual explanations, divided into five: (1) explaining the characteristic of arising dependent on a support, divided into five: i. general question; ii. brief answer, divided into three: (i) establishing the cause; (ii) revealing the result, divided into two: a. statement; b. explanation; (iii) conclusion; iii. explaining the meaning of existence and non-existence, divided into two: (i) establishing the correct thesis, divided into two: a. explaining the characteristic of existence, divided into three: [a] establishing the cause; [b] revealing the result; [c] conclusion; b. explaining the characteristic of non-existence, divided into three: [a] establishing the cause; [b] revealing the result; [c] conclusion; (ii) general conclusion; iv. answering objections, divided into two: (i) setting up; (ii) refuting, divided into two: a. question; b. answer, divided into two as in the treatise; v. general conclusion; (2) explaining the characteristic of arising from seeds, divided into five: i. general question; ii. brief answer; iii. setting up an analogy; iv. applying the teaching; v. general conclusion; (3) explaining the characteristic of arising through propulsion by force, divided into three: i. general question; ii. detailed answer, divided into four: (i) explaining the characteristic of arising through propulsion by force based on the receptacle world, divided into two: a. statement; b. explanation; (ii) explaining the characteristic of arising through propulsion by force based on the five sense faculties, divided into two: a. establishing the cause; b. revealing the result; (iii) explaining the characteristic of arising through propulsion by force based on the requisites of the gods of the desire realm and the humans of the northern continent; (iv) explaining the characteristic of arising through propulsion by force based on humans of the three continents; iii. general conclusion; (4) explaining the characteristic of arising through appropriation, divided into three: i. general question; ii. detailed answer, divided into three: (i) establishing the cause; (ii) revealing the result; (iii) setting up an analogy; iii. general conclusion; (5) explaining the characteristic of arising through reduction.