大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 65.14

65.14

Regarding the Commentary's stating, "It also says that consciousness..." onward: this presents the reason for their being "together." Stating that it explains the preceding meaning of "together," it expresses the purport of the Yogācāra cited above, and is also identical to the text in the third fascicle of the Vijñaptimātratā[-siddhi] proving the existence of the eighth [consciousness]. The treatise states: "Furthermore, a sūtra says: 'Consciousness conditions name-and-form, and name-and-form conditions consciousness; these two dharmas rely on each other in succession, turning simultaneously like a bundle of reeds.' If this [eighth] consciousness did not exist, the self-substance of the ālaya[-vijñāna] could not exist. That is, that sūtra itself provides this explanation: 'Name refers to the four non-form aggregates; form refers to the kalala and so forth. These two abide in mutual reliance with consciousness, like two bundles of reeds mutually acting as conditions, always turning simultaneously without abandoning each other. The five consciousnesses such as the eye-[consciousness] are subsumed under name; if this consciousness did not exist, what could be called consciousness?'" and so forth. The explanation says: The passage cited above from the treatise has three sections: first, directly proving the meaning of mutual reliance; second, from "That is, that sūtra itself..." onward, this corresponds to the earlier proof of the four aggregates as name, which is why it was said above that the treatise would be cited below; third, from "The five consciousnesses such as the eye..." onward, having already been cited earlier, because the meaning of the section is now complete, it is cited once again. Regarding "like a bundle of reeds": like setting up two bundles of reeds, their two heads must lean on each other before they can stand upright; remove the east one and the west falls, remove the west one and the east falls. The mutual reliance of name-and-form and consciousness is also of this meaning. The fifth section below also contains this metaphor.