俱舍論記 2.147

2.147

「經部諸師至不應固求」者，上來諍見，兩說不同。今經部師，傍觀德失俱破兩家。經部諸師有作是說：見用本無，如何浪執？或說眼見、或說識見，猶如共聚揸掣虛空。眼、色等緣生於眼識，此等於見誰為能、所？諸法生時，前因後果相引而起，實無作用。相續道中及緣成位，遍計所執，謂有作用能見聞等。若言實有作用，應同勝論業句義也。問：經部宗中無作用耶？解云：諸法但有功能，實無作用。世尊為順世情，假說見耳。皆俗諦攝，不應封著。如世尊說：方域言詞種種異說，不應堅執。世俗名想，隨情即立，不應固求，唯法因果勝義諦收。

"The masters of the Sautrāntika school […] should not obstinately insist upon it": The debate on seeing above has presented two different views. Now the Sautrāntika masters, viewing the merits and faults from the side, refute both schools. Certain Sautrāntika masters say: An active function of seeing does not exist in the first place, so how can one arbitrarily cling to it? Saying that the eye sees or saying that consciousness sees is like mutually gathering to clutch at empty space. Conditions such as the eye and form give rise to visual consciousness; among these, which is the agent and which is the object of seeing? When phenomena arise, prior causes and subsequent effects induce one another to emerge, and in reality there is no active function. Within the path of continuous succession and at the stage where conditions are assembled, it is conceptualized through pervasive discrimination (parikalpa) that there is an active function capable of seeing, hearing, and so forth. If one says that an active function truly exists, this would be identical to the category of action (karman) in the Vaiśeṣika system. Question: Is there no active function in the Sautrāntika school? Explanation: Phenomena have only efficacy (sāmarthya); in reality they have no active function (vyāpāra). The World-Honoured One merely spoke metaphorically of 'seeing' to accord with worldly sentiments. These are all subsumed under conventional truth (saṃvṛti-satya) and should not be clung to. As the World-Honoured One said: "One should not stubbornly cling to the regional dialects and various different expressions. Worldly designations and notions are established according to convention; one should not obstinately insist upon them." Only the causes and effects of phenomena are subsumed under the ultimate truth (paramārtha-satya).