注大乘入楞伽經 7.207

7.207

言云何者，曾有大士語外道言：「汝生法云何生？為從有因生？為從無因生？」答言：「從有因生也。」言何所因者，謂既從有因生，即問何所因？答言：從微塵、世性、四大種等因生也。言復以何故生者，謂又問彼大種等復以何故生？答言：四大種等無因生也。言於何處和合而作無因論者，謂若四大種等無因，無因則無法，無法則無處，無處則無和合，無和合則無生，何得立四大無因生諸世間論？大慧舉此重請佛決。

Saying "how": once a great being said to a non-Buddhist, "How do your produced phenomena arise? Do they arise from having a cause, or do they arise from having no cause?" He answered, "They arise from having a cause." Saying "due to what cause": that is, since they arise from having a cause, he then asked, "Due to what cause?" He answered, "They arise from causes such as subtle atoms, prakṛti, and the four great elements." Saying "moreover, on account of what do they arise?": that is, he asked again, "On account of what do those great elements and so on arise?" He answered, "The four great elements and so on arise without a cause." Saying "where do they combine to formulate the doctrine of causelessness?": that is, if the four great elements and so on have no cause, then with no cause there are no phenomena; with no phenomena there is no place; with no place there is no combination; with no combination there is no arising—how then can you establish the doctrine that the four elements without a cause generate the various worlds? Mahāmati raises this to request the Buddha's determination once again.