俱舍論疏 6.6

6.6

On the Śāstra's statement: "The Śāstra says ... sixth, the ripening cause": this cites the verse and explains it. The Samayapradīpikā says: "The substance of the efficient cause (kāraṇa-hetu) extends to all dharmas, which is why it is explained first. The substance of the coexistent cause (sahabhū-hetu) pervades all conditioned dharmas, which is why it ranks second. The remaining causes, such as of the same class (sabhāga), each subsume a smaller portion among conditioned dharmas as appropriate, and they are explained in order as is convenient and stable in expression." Now, scrutinizing this, those among the six causes that are broader are explained first. Although the substance of the cause of the same class excludes the future and is narrower than the coexistent cause, it nonetheless subsumes all minds, mental factors, material forms, and non-associated formations. Although the substance of the associated cause (samprayuktaka-hetu) extends across the three periods of time, because it is only minds and mental factors it is narrower than the cause of the same class, but it extends to all defiled minds and mental factors, being broader than the omnipresent cause (sarvatraga-hetu). As for the substance of the omnipresent cause, in the desire realm, as [belonging to] one portion of the two divisions [of defilements], it is narrower than the ripening cause (vipāka-hetu), because the substance of the ripening cause extends to all five divisions. In the upper eight planes, the substance of the ripening cause extends only to one portion abandoned through cultivation, whereas the substance of the omnipresent cause belongs to one portion of the two divisions. Therefore, the ripening cause is explained after the omnipresent cause. However, both the six causes and the four conditions extend to the direct and the indirect: the name 'cause' (hetu) is direct, and the name 'condition' (pratyaya) is indirect. The Samayapradīpikā says: "Because the arising of a dharma relies upon it, it is spoken of as a cause; that is, the meaning of directly assisting and benefiting the result produced."