俱舍論頌疏論本 7.9

7.9

'The predominant is the efficient [cause]' means that the nature of the predominant condition is itself the efficient cause. Because the efficient cause is itself the predominant condition, the substance of this condition is broad, and it is named the predominant condition, for everything is a predominant condition. Question: "Since all dharmas are objective-support conditions, why is this predominant condition alone [said to have] a broad substance?" Answer: "The treatise provides two explanations. The first explanation states: Coexistent dharmas are never objective supports, yet they are predominant [conditions]; therefore this alone has a broad substance. The explanation says: Just as the contemplation of non-self also contemplates all dharmas, in the first moment it does not see coexistent [dharmas], so coexistent dharmas are never objective supports; yet these coexistent dharmas serve as predominant conditions, so the predominant [condition's] substance is broad. The second explanation states: Or, because what it does is broad, it is called the predominant condition, since all dharmas, each excluding its own self-nature, serve as predominant conditions for all conditioned [dharmas]."