瑜伽師地論分門記 6.64

6.64

Under the twelve divisions, the third, which explains contemplation of the causes for the arising of defiled minds such as feeling, is divided into four: 1. general question, divided into three as in the treatise; 2. brief answer; 3. establishing the fault; 4. general conclusion. Under the twelve divisions, the fourth, which explains contemplation of the four aggregates such as feeling distinguishing the causes of active defilement entanglements, is divided into two: 1. distinguishing the meaning of the causes based on the two causes of association and so forth, divided into two: (1) establishing the characteristics of association, divided into two: [1] question, [2] answer; (2) explaining the characteristics of dormant defilements, divided into four: [1] question, [2] answer, divided into two as in the treatise, [3] conclusion, [4] explaining the characteristics of contemplating suffering, divided into two: a. question, b. answer; 2. distinguishing the meaning of the causes based on the three phenomena of karma, defilement, and so forth, divided into three: (1) explaining the distinct characteristics of the three causes, divided into three: [1] general statement, [2] listing the names, divided into three as in the treatise, [3] separate explanations, divided into two: a. correlating with the first two causes, b. correlating with the last one cause; (2) explaining the bondage of mental afflictions, divided into two: [1] question, [2] answer; (3) explaining the distinctions in the bondage of karma, divided into three: [1] general question, [2] detailed answer, [3] explaining the general and specific meanings. The detailed answer is divided into four: [1] explaining the bondage of karma based on actions characterized by attachment, [2] explaining the bondage of karma based on the three obstructing karmas, divided into two: a. statement, b. explanation, divided into three as in the treatise, [3] explaining the bondage of karma based on karma conducive to maturation, [4] explaining the bondage of karma based on karma of perverse aspiration. (3) Explaining the general and specific meanings is divided into two: [1] explaining the specific, [2] explaining the general.