首楞嚴義疏注經 3.184

3.184

First, this refutes arising from the sense faculty, which here refers to the subtle faculty (parama-indriya). The first sentence cites [the thesis]. The three sentences from 'the two characteristics of movement and stillness' onward directly refute that which can produce: if the objective realm before it is absent, the sense faculty itself is not established, because knowing is triggered by the dusts. The sentences from 'there is certainly' onward use an a fortiori argument to refute what is produced: if there is truly no knowing, the sense faculty itself is not even established, so how could there be consciousness?