唯識三十論要釋 1.47.5

1.47.5

Because understanding the conventional is due to realizing the ultimate, it is spoken of as subsequently obtained. The fourth state of wisdom universally takes objects such as matter throughout the three times without violating correct principle; arising in accordance with manaskāra, taking phenomenal marks and objects as its domain, and giving rise to transformative activities, it is subsumed under subsequently obtained wisdom. These four states of wisdom are called that obtained through production. That which is obtained through production is collectively called bodhi, and together with the aforementioned nirvāṇa, they are called that which is obtained through transformation. Although there are four general meanings of āśraya-parāvṛtti, now only the two obtained through transformation are taken, because the verse says 'realizing and obtaining āśraya-parāvṛtti'. In this stage of cultivation it is said to be able to be realized and obtained, not that it is already realized and obtained, because it is subsumed within the causal stage. What are the characteristics of the subsequent ultimate stage (niṣṭhāvasthā)? The verse says: