Brief Discussion on Material Elements (Draft)

Question: Is the Pratyaya-lakṣaṇa manifested within the Indriya, and does it possess distinct Bīja? II. Question: Is Venus seen when one is seeing stars an instance of the image-only realm? III. Question: When one visualizes the lotus for an extended period, does the lotus appear without deliberate thought, and is this phenomenon formed by the isolated mental consciousness clinging to an image-only reality? IV. Realm of the Objectively Existent V. Question: Regarding the phrase "The objective reality does not follow the mind, while the mental image exclusively follows the perceiving aspect" — does "the mental image exclusively follows the perceiving aspect" mean that the mental image shares the same nature as the perceiving aspect, or does it mean that the mental image transforms according to the perceiving aspect? VI. The Difference Between Essence Realm and Appearing Realm 7. Question: Are the external appearances perceived by hungry ghosts and humans the same? VIII. What specific forms of perceived aspect do the objective-support object, the object with genuine substance, the direct object, the image-only object, and the external and internal sense-objects each refer to? IX. The Differences and Connections between the Fundamental Realm, the External Six Dusts, and the Internal Six Dusts X. Is There Really Such a Thing as External Sense Objects? XI. Can Information Be Temporarily Retained in the Brain? 12. When looking in a mirror, what is the relationship between the reflection and the mirror itself? 13. The Reflection in the Mirror of Tathāgatagarbha is Also Rūpa XIV. The Five Sense Objects Are Divided into Numerous Categories Fifteen: Is It Possible to Have the Five External Sense Objects Without External Phenomena? XVI. Mental Objects and the Five Sense Objects Exist Simultaneously Seventeen. Question: Some say that the dharma-object arises solely in the superior sense faculty, and that the mental consciousness discerns the dharma-object upon contact by the mental faculty. Is this correct? Eighteen: What Are the Three Realms 19. Form Dust Travels Fastest Among the Six Dusts XX. Whether the Content of Recollection Belongs to Objective Mental Images or Subjective Mental Images