行捨Equanimity (formative)
善心所之第十。假有,以精進三善根(→#25 →#22 →#23 →#24)為體。令心平等、正直、無功用住為性,靜住為業。
漢zh · Xuanzang 譯
善心所之第十。假有,以精進三善根(→#25 →#22 →#23 →#24)為體。令心平等、正直、無功用住為性,靜住為業。
⚠ In Review · 同名辨析:「捨」(upekṣā)在百法中出現兩次,語境根本不同——#11 受(vedanā)之「捨受」為「非苦非樂之感受」(中性感受,vedanā-upekṣā);本條#28 行捨(saṃskāra-upekṣā)為「令心平等安住」之行蘊心所,兩者共名不共義,須嚴格區分(→#11)。
經
[共傳] 《雜阿含經》七覺支相應諸經(卷二十六–二十八),以捨覺支(upekkhā-sambojjhaṅga)為七覺支之究竟成就。
⚠ In Review · 阿含中之「捨」涵蓋多義:受捨(vedanā-upekkhā,→#11)、四無量之捨(upekkhā-brahmavihāra)、七覺支之捨——須與本條「行捨」(saṅkhārupekkhā,精進三善根所攝之心所(cetasika))區分。本條僅指 Asg 定義中以精進三根為依之心所(cetasika)。
[大乘] 《楞嚴經》卷十(行陰區宇),為行捨之高階修行驗證:
覺明虛靜猶如晴空……為浮根塵究竟樞穴;此則名為行陰區宇。
「覺明虛靜猶如晴空」即行捨「令心平等正直」於高階禪定中之具體呈現。同卷警告十種行陰禪那狂解:
如是十種禪那狂解,皆是行陰用心交互,故現斯悟。
行捨高階境界中,最大危險不是外魔,而是自心異見所生之邪見。
論
《成唯識論》卷六:
云何行捨?精進三根,令心平等、正直、無功用住為性。對治掉舉,靜住為業。 由不放逸先除雜染,捨復令心寂靜而住。此無別體,如不放逸,離彼四法,無相用故。
行捨三階段:
平等正直無功用住,初中後位辯捨差別。
——平等(初位,心不偏斜)→ 正直(中位,心無彎曲)→ 無功用住(後位,不需刻意)。
按:行捨(→#28)↔ 不放逸(→#27)為孿生支柱——前者為防修動作,後者為安住狀態;兩者共依同一四法所依,對治對象不同(不放逸對治放逸 →#50;行捨對治掉舉 →#52,並與懈怠 →#45、惛沉 →#51 共成「三位對治」treble-治格局)。
梵saṃskṛta
upa-(近、向、靠近)+ √īkṣ(看、視)——「在旁觀看」「於彼凝視而不動」。
印歐祖語 *h₃ekʷ-(眼、見)。同根:Latin oculus(眼)→ 英文 ocular;Greek ὄψ(眼,ops);Tocharian B ek。語義近親但非同根(印歐祖語 *spek-):inspect, perspective(另出一根,不可列為同源)。
故 upekṣā 之原意為「站在旁邊看」——非冷漠之旁觀,而是不被所觀之動所動,心住於平等之位。
《阿毘達磨集論》(阿毘達磨-samuccaya,Pradhan 校本,Abhidh-s 6,apramāda 之後):
upekṣā katamā / sa-vīryakān alobha-adveṣa-amohān niśritya yā saṃkliṣṭa-vihāra-vairodhikī citta-samatā citta-praśaṭhatā cittasya anābhoga-avasthitatā / saṃkleśa-anavakāśa-sanniśrayadāna-karmikā //
何為(行)捨?依精進俱之無貪、無瞋、無癡,對治染住(saṃkliṣṭa-vihāra-vairodhikī)之 心平等(citta-samatā)、心正直(citta-praśaṭhatā)、心不功用住(cittasya anābhoga-avasthitatā)為性。 為雜染無機之所依(saṃkleśa-anavakāśa-sanniśrayadāna)為業。
| Asg 梵文 | 成唯識論 (Xuanzang) |
|---|---|
| sa-vīryakān alobha-adveṣa-amohān | 精進三根(同 apramāda 所依,→#27) |
| citta-samatā | 令心平等 |
| citta-praśaṭhatā | 正直 |
| cittasya anābhoga-avasthitatā | 無功用住 |
| saṃkliṣṭa-vihāra-vairodhikī | → 對治掉舉(Xuanzang 特化為掉舉,→#52) |
技術注:praśaṭhatā(正直性)不可與 praśrabdhi(輕安,→#26)混——共 pra- 前綴,但根不同(√śaṭh「彎曲」→ praśaṭha = 正直化;vs. √śrambh「息」→ praśrabdhi)。
按:apramāda(→#27)與 upekṣā(→#28)於 Asg 建構在同一四法所依上——此設計明示兩者為一個完整防護→安住週期之兩面:不放逸「先除雜染」,行捨「復令心寂靜而住」。「先除」與「復令」之動詞序列已在成論中明言。
巴pāḷi
Pāli 論藏此心所(cetasika)之專名為 tatramajjhattatā(「於彼之中性」「居中之質」),而非 upekkhā。Upekkhā 在 Pāli 中通指四無量之捨(brahmavihāra-upekkhā)、七覺支之捨(sambojjhaṅga-upekkhā)、受捨(vedanā-upekkhā,→#11)、四禪之捨——四義皆有,語境決定所指。Asg upekṣā 一詞範圍類似,須上下文辨;對應 Pāli 論藏心所(cetasika)為 tatramajjhattatā,不對應 brahmavihāra-upekkhā(另有獨立四相,→論段)。
遍美心所(sobhana-sādhāraṇa 心所(cetasika)),隨一切善心而起(南傳位)。
經
七覺支 bhāvanā 標準格式(SN 46.3 Sīla Sutta、SN 46.5 Bhikkhu Sutta、MN 118 Ānāpānassati Sutta;亦見 DN 22 / MN 10 念處諸經七覺支段):
Upekkhāsambojjhaṅgaṃ bhāveti vivekanissitaṃ virāganissitaṃ nirodhanissitaṃ vossaggapariṇāmiṃ.
修捨覺支:依遠離、依離欲、依滅、迴向於捨。
論
《清淨道論》XIV.153 四相(tatramajjhattatā)——基於二手轉引;俟 PTS Pāli 校本直查:
| 四相 | tatramajjhattatā |
|---|---|
| 相 lakkhaṇa | samavāhita-lakkhaṇā —平等運心心所(載運心與諸心所平等) |
| 業 rasa | 防止欠盈、止偏私 |
| 現起 paccupaṭṭhāna | majjhatta-bhāva —中性 |
| 足處 padaṭṭhāna | 相應心所(如車夫見良馬等速而行,於旁安然觀之) |
對勘提醒:Vism IX「四無量之 upekkhā-brahmavihāra」另有獨立四義(以 sattesu majjhatta-bhāva-pavatti 為相、kammassakatā-dassana 為近因),與本條 tatramajjhattatā 異義不同位,須嚴格區分。
按:Vism tatramajjhattatā 之 samavāhita-lakkhaṇā(平等運心心所)與 Asg citta-samatā(心平等)——南北傳 lakkhaṇa 之 sam- 詞幹一致,鎖字語義對應,是心所(cetasika)對偶中南北語面最近之 lakkhaṇa 之一。
漢綜述zh-synthesis
「行捨」之梵文 upekṣā 為 upa-(近、向、靠近)+ √īkṣ(看、視)——「在旁觀看」「於彼凝視而不動」。印歐祖語 *h₃ekʷ-(眼、見)同源於拉丁 oculus(眼)→ 英文 ocular;希臘 óps(眼);Tocharian B ek。語義近親但另出一根(*spek-)者:inspect、perspective——非同源,不列。複合詞之語義要點:「upa-(在旁)+ √īkṣ(觀)」——非冷漠之旁觀,而是「站在旁邊觀看而不被所觀之動所動」,心安住於平等位。此條 upekṣā(行捨,saṃskāra-upekṣā)須與同名各義嚴格區分:→#11 受(vedanā)之「捨受」(vedanā-upekṣā)為非苦非樂之感受;四無量之「捨無量」(brahmavihāra-upekṣā)為對有情之等捨;七覺支之「捨覺支」(upekṣā-sambojjhaṅga)為修習層面;本條行捨為行蘊心所(saṃskāra-upekṣā),以精進三善根為體之安住狀態,四義不同,語境決定所指。
《阿毘達磨集論》定義行捨(善心所第十):「upekṣā katamā / sa-vīryakān alobha-adveṣa-amohān niśritya yā saṃkliṣṭa-vihāra-vairodhikī citta-samatā citta-praśaṭhatā cittasya anābhoga-avasthitatā / saṃkleśa-anavakāśa-sanniśrayadāna-karmikā //」——「依精進俱之無貪、無瞋、無癡,對治染住(saṃkliṣṭa-vihāra-vairodhikī)之心平等(citta-samatā)、心正直(citta-praśaṭhatā)、心不功用住(cittasya anābhoga-avasthitatā)為性;為雜染無機之所依為業。」《成唯識論》卷六「令心平等、正直、無功用住為性;對治掉舉,靜住為業」乃此梵文之逐字對應——三相(平等/正直/無功用住)直接譯自 citta-samatā / citta-praśaṭhatā / cittasya anābhoga-avasthitatā,「三位辯捨差別」(初中後位)為論述記之詮釋擴充。Asg 所依(sa-vīryakān alobha-adveṣa-amohān)與不放逸(→#27)完全相同——行捨與不放逸建構在同一四法之上,為孿生支柱:前者防修動作(守衛),後者安住狀態(寧靜)。玄奘特化 Asg 之廣義「染住」(saṃkliṣṭa-vihāra)為「掉舉」(→#52),更精確指出行捨之直接對治對象。技術辨析:citta-praśaṭhatā(正直性)不可與 praśrabdhi(輕安,→#26)混——同出 pra- 前綴,但根不同(√śaṭh「彎曲」→ praśaṭha = 正直化;vs √śrambh「息」→ praśrabdhi)。
巴利論藏(論藏)五十二心所之專名為 tatramajjhattatā(「於彼之中性」「居中之質」),非 upekkhā——後者在巴利中通指四無量捨、七覺支捨、受捨、四禪捨四義,Theravāda 以 tatramajjhattatā 為此 cetasika 之技術名,以避免多義混淆。南傳 tatramajjhattatā 為遍美心所,每一善心皆有;唯識 upekṣā 則為假有(非別有體),唯定位之安住狀態。《清淨道論》XIV.153(tatramajjhattatā)以四相析之:相 samavāhita-lakkhaṇā(平等運心心所,載運心與諸心所平等)、業(防止欠盈、止偏私)、現 majjhatta-bhāva(中性)、足處(善心心所,如車夫見良馬等速行進,於旁安然觀之)。Vism 之 citta(南)對應 Asg citta-samatā(北)——同一 sam- 詞幹、語義對應。注意:Vism IX「四無量之 upekkhā-brahmavihāra」另有獨立四義(以對有情之等捨態為相),與本條 tatramajjhattatā 異義不同位,不可混入。
行捨之三位(平等→正直→無功用住)描述安住之深化:初位心不偏斜,中位心無彎曲,後位心不需刻意——從「維持平衡之努力」到「平衡之自然在場」。不放逸(→#27)先除雜染,行捨令清淨心寂靜安住,成論明言此先後序列。掉舉(→#52)為行捨之直接對治對象,惛沉(→#51)為輕安(→#26)之對象,懈怠(→#45)為精進(→#25)之對象——三者共構善心所群之「三位對治」格局,行捨居其末。《楞嚴經》卷十(行陰區宇)警示:citta-samatā(平等)深化時,若無正見護持,易被誤讀為常見(心之平等 ≠ 恒常之我)——行捨之安住境界本身即是正見之考場。
玄奘以「行捨」取 saṃskāra-upekṣā——「行」字標明此為行蘊(saṃskāra-skandha)心所之捨,與「受捨」(→#11 vedanā-upekṣā)之「受」字對稱分類,結構嚴謹。英譯 Equanimity (formative)(「形成性的平靜」)以 (formative) 限定詞與 brahmavihāra-equanimity 相區別,是可行之選擇;直譯「行捨」之「行」字可補充說明為「屬行蘊之安住」,以免讀者誤以「行」為「行動」。⭐ 行捨為善十一第十,假有心所;與不放逸(→#27)共依同一四法,為防修↔安住之孿生支柱;唯識之「令心平等正直無功用住」三相逐字承自 Asg citta-samatā / citta-praśaṭhatā / anābhoga-avasthitatā——三相皆有 Asg 對應項,無增補無省略。
行捨 ——依精進三善根,令心平等、正直、無功用住為性;對治掉舉,靜住為業。(假有,非別有體)
英綜述en-synthesis
Sanskrit upekṣā compounds upa- ("near, beside") + √īkṣ ("to look at, behold") from PIE *h₃ekʷ- ("eye, to see"). The cognate set: Latin oculus → English ocular, ocellated; Greek óps (opsis); Tocharian B ek. Latin inspect, perspective derive from a separate PIE root *spek- ("to look") — near in meaning, different in etymology; they are not cognates and should not be listed as such. The compound's literal force — looking-on-from-beside — names the cetasika's characteristic stance: not cold detachment, not withdrawal, but the unmoved presence of one positioned alongside what is observed without being moved by it.
A terminological precision. Pāli uses upekkhā across at least four distinct senses — vedanā-upekkhā (neutral feeling-tone, #11), upekkhā-brahmavihāra (the divine abode of equanimity), upekkhā-sambojjhaṅga (the awakening factor), upekkhā-jhāna — and reserves the technical term tatramajjhattatā ("being-in-the-middle-of-that") for the cetasika. Yogācāra upekṣā spans a similarly wide range. The crucial disambiguation for this entry: upekṣā (#28) is the saṃskāra-upekṣā — the equanimity that belongs to the saṃskāra-aggregate; it is NOT the vedanā-upekṣā (the neutral feeling of #11) and NOT the brahmavihāra-upekṣā.
Upekṣā (#28) is the tenth of the eleven wholesome cetasikas and the structural twin of apramāda (#27). Both rely on the same four substrate cetasikas — vīrya + the three wholesome roots — but with different operational modes: apramāda = active-guarding-and-cultivation (防修); upekṣā = settled-resting (靜住). Asaṅga defines upekṣā through three names showing three operational stages: citta-samatā (mind's evenness), citta-praśaṭhatā (mind's straightness), anābhoga-avasthitatā (effortless abiding). Xuanzang preserves all three exactly — 平等 / 正直 / 無功用住 — and the Cheng Weishi Lun's insight that these are initial/middle/final phases is grounded in Asaṅga's tripartite phrasing. Like apramāda, upekṣā is judged prajñapti (假有): no separate substance, the resting-state-mode of the same four substrate cetasikas.
The convergence and divergence between Theravāda and Yogācāra on upekṣā runs through several layers: Visuddhimagga XIV.153 names tatramajjhattatā's characteristic as samavāhita-lakkhaṇā (the evenly-bearing characteristic — bearing the mind and concomitants in balance), function the prevention of deficiency-and-excess, manifestation majjhatta-bhāva (middleness). The Pāli simile: upekṣā is like the charioteer who sees the team of horses pulling evenly together and need do nothing — abiding alongside, not interfering. Cross-tradition match: citta-samatā (Sanskrit) ↔ samavāhita-lakkhaṇā (Pāli) — same sam- stem. Vism IX gives a separate four-fold for upekkhā-brahmavihāra (characteristic sattesu majjhatta-bhāva-pavatti — impartial attitude toward beings) — this is not this cetasika and must not be conflated.
The treble-治 structure. Upekṣā is specifically said to 对治掉舉 (→#52) in Cheng Weishi Lun; together with vīrya (#25, opposing kausīdya #45) and praśrabdhi (#26, opposing styāna #51), upekṣā completes a treble-治 defense against the three chief obstacles to settled mind: sloth, torpor, and agitation. Apramāda (#27) provides the overarching guarding function; upekṣā names the settled state that results.
The 楞嚴經 卷十 行陰區宇 passage names ten meditative misinterpretations (十種禪那狂解) that arise specifically when upekṣā deepens: citta-samatā (evenness) can be misread as eternalism; citta-praśaṭhatā (straightness) can be misread as non-causalism; anābhoga (effortlessness) can be misread as spontaneity-doctrine. The doctrinal danger of upekṣā is internal: the experiential clarity of deep wholesome states is precisely the soil from which subtle wrong-views can grow. Right view (sammā-diṭṭhi) must accompany upekṣā throughout its deepening.
Equanimity (formative) — relying on vigor with the three wholesome roots, the mind's evenness, straightness, and effortless abiding (in three operational stages: even, then upright, then no-longer-needing-effort): this is its nature. To prevent the entry of defilements and to provide the basis for the contaminated to find no opening: this is its function. (No separate substance; the resting-mode of the same four substrate cetasikas active in non-negligence's guarding-mode.)
譯translator's note
譯者按: 行捨(→#28)之「行」字須辨——此非五蘊之行蘊整體,而是 saṅkhārupekkhā:對行蘊(一切有為造作)之捨,故「行捨」本義為「對遷流造作之平等住」,非單純情緒平靜。行捨(→#28)↔ 受之捨(→#11)之同名異義是百法中最需辨析之重名對——兩者皆曰「捨」,前為行蘊心所,後為感受之種類,務須分清。詳見 S3-P08 §3.7 與楞嚴行陰章。