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Verses on the Eight Consciousnesses with Commentary (八識規矩頌解)

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Ming · by 真可述

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The *Commentary on the Verses on the Eight Consciousnesses* by the eminent late-Ming dynasty monk Zibo Zhenke is an authoritative exegesis on the *Verses on the Eight Consciousnesses* composed by the great master Xuanzang. This work emerged during the revival of Buddhist Yogācāra studies in the late Ming period. It systematically expounds the nature, functions, and principles of transformation pertaining to the eight consciousnesses—the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, mind, manas, and ālayavijñāna—as delineated in Yogācāra philosophy. It offers a profound analysis of the sequential stages of practice for turning deluded consciousness toward awakening. As a significant commentary within Yogācāra studies, it not only deepens the understanding of Master Xuanzang's Yogācāra thought but also provides practitioners with a practical guide for transforming consciousness into wisdom. It holds a pivotal, connective role within the doctrinal research and practical cultivation systems of Chinese Buddhism, bridging earlier teachings with later developments.


八識規矩解
明 真可 述
前五識
性境現量通三性
此言前五識。於三境中。惟緣性境。三量中惟是現量。三性俱通。
性境者。謂所緣諸色境。不帶名言。得境自相也。相者。青黃赤白之謂。名者。長短方圓之稱。現量者。謂對境親明。不起分別也。性境屬境。現量屬心。三性者。善性惡性無記性也。三性俱通。以五識性非恒一故。
性境。若說根塵能所八法而成。是落小乘。如惟識則無有此境。此境現前。如明鏡照象。湛然明了。不起分別。如云真境也。善惡兩性在五識。雖無分別。而照從是起故通。
眼耳身三二地居
三界分為九地。自地獄至六欲天。皆欲界也。為一地。四禪色界也。有四地。四空無色界也。有四地。共為九地。欲界名五趣雜居地。五識俱全。初禪天名離生喜樂地。是為二地。止有眼耳身三識。無鼻舌二識。以無段食故。自三地以上。則五識俱無。
徧行別境善十一 中二大八貪嗔癡
此二句。言五識心所。徧行有五。別境有五。善心所十一。中隨煩惱二。大隨煩惱八。根本煩惱六。今止有貪嗔癡三。共心所三十四。皆任運無分別者。
五識同依淨色根
白淨色根者。指勝義而言。惟天眼能見。盖落形質者。是浮塵根。豈能照物。以有勝義根在故能緣境。言五個識。同依勝義根而起也。
九緣七八好相隣
九緣者。空明根境作意分別依染淨依根本依種子也。眼識具九緣而生。耳識惟從八。除明緣故。鼻舌身惟七。除空明二緣故。
合三離二觀塵世
鼻舌身三識。合中取境。眼耳二識。離中取境。觀即能緣見分。塵世即所緣相分。
愚者難分識與根
此言小乘愚法聲聞。不知根之與識。各有種子現行。以為根識互生也。不知根之種現。但能導識之種現。謂根為生識之緣。則可謂生識。則不可以識。自有能生之種子故也。小乘未破所知障。於法不了。故難分耳。
變相觀空唯後得 果中猶自不詮真
佛有根本智。有後得智。根本智乃實智。能親緣真如。後得智乃權智。但能了俗。不能親緣真如。果頭佛已破見思惑。能六根互用。變起相分。復觀相空。以不知前五及七八等識。遂自認為後得智。不知後得智。乃從根本智而得者。小乘雖有如理如量二智。特其名耳。豈真後得智耶。即後得智。在佛果中。猶不詮真。況因中乎。詮契也。根本智無分別。所以親緣真如。後得智從色根起。是有分別的。所以不能親緣無分別理。
小乘以無我為真如。斷了六識分別執。便能六根互用。以為能親緣真如。
偈曰。小家果頭佛。理量徒有名。迷名不知義。疑大而起諍。五識同一覺。是以眼可聞。耳不能見色。實非本根咎。咎在分別者。以故見思破。六根即互用。彼小不知此。未究七八五。三者曉然了。橫計渠自破。既破棄舊法。悲哀歸大乘。羅什首初師。疑什亦有辨。一朝悟大理。仍復師羅什。
圓明初發成無漏 三類分身息苦輪
前五識。隨八識轉。佛位中第八識。轉為無漏白淨識。而相應心所。即成大圓鏡智。歘爾現前。故云初發。則前五識即成無漏。三類身者。法報化三身中之化身也。千丈大化身。被大乘四加行菩薩。丈六小化身。被大乘三資糧位菩薩。及二乘凡夫。隨類化身。則三乘普被。六趣均沾。以止息眾生苦輪也○前八句明有漏。後四句明無漏。

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