ABSTRACT
The first two are immediately known through perception, and thus do not require additional inferential proofs. The third is inferential. For instance, even though the eye can not see itself, the sheer fact that one can see at all demonstrates that one has eyes. One can determine the role of the eyes by covering them up, or c10sing them, and trying to see. This knowledge is inferential, but still directly tied to immediate experience. Thus we see, that even though explicitly the eh 'eng wei-shih lun treats scripture and reasoning as the basic pramäl.1as, when determining which dharmas are real, perception and inference alone count. The inferential category is important for Yogäeära, since things like the älaya-vijiiäna, like the eye, cannot be perceived directly, and can only be known through inference conceming its observable effects.
