Brief Discussion on Material Elements (Draft)

Contents

I. Question: Is the subjectively imagined realm manifested within the supreme faculty through transformation, and does it have its own separate seeds? 2. Question: Are the "golden stars" one sees before the eyes a subjectively imagined realm? III. Question: If one visualizes the lotus for a long time, and the lotus appears without moving thoughts, is it a subjectively imagined realm formed by the solitary consciousness grasping at objects? IV. The Karmic-Dependent Realm V. Question: In the verse "The objectively real realm does not follow the mind; the subjectively imagined realm follows only the perceiving-aspect," does "the subjectively imagined realm follows only the perceiving-aspect" mean that the subjectively imagined realm shares the same seeds as the perceiving-aspect, or does it mean that the subjectively imagined realm transforms in accordance with the perceiving-aspect? VI. The Difference Between the Essential Object-Realm and the Object-Realm with Essence VII. Question: Are the external object-aspects perceived by hungry ghosts and humans the same? VIII. What object-aspects do the essential realm, the realm bearing essence, the realm of nature, the subjectively imagined realm, the outer six sense-objects, and the inner six sense-objects respectively refer to? IX. The Differences and Connections Among the Directly Perceived Realm, the Outer Six Sense-Objects, and the Inner Six Sense-Objects X. Are There Really Outer Mental Sense-Objects (Outer Dharma-Viṣaya)? XI. Can Information Be Temporarily Retained in the Brain? 12. When looking into a mirror, what is the relationship between the reflection in the mirror and the mirror itself? XIII. The Images in the Mirror of the Tathāgatagarbha Are Also Material Form 14. Forms, Sounds, Smells, Tastes, and Tangibles Are Divided into Many Kinds 15. Can External Five Sense Objects Exist Without External Mental Sense Objects 16. The Inner Mental Sense-Object and the Five Sense-Objects Exist Simultaneously 17. Question: Some people say that the mental sense-object (dharma-viṣaya) arises alone within the supreme faculty (indriya), and after the manas contacts it, the mind consciousness arises to discern the mental sense-object. Is this so? 18. What Are the Three Realms of Objects? 19. The Speed of the Propagation of the Material Sense-Object among the Six Sense-Objects Twenty: Does the content of memory belong to the subjectively imagined realm with substance or the subjectively imagined realm without substance?