瑜伽論記 8.303

8.303

景云：謂諸菩薩者，舉有種姓大乘人也。六處殊勝者，若依舊解，謂自性住佛性，即如來藏，有不離、不脫、不異、不思議過恒沙功德，今時具六入功德，故言六入殊勝。今則不然。六處者，還是眼等六處。言殊勝者，即阿賴耶識是其意處，於六處中，最為殊勝，殊勝意處，是性種姓所依。言有如是相者，總出能依性種之體，此大乘性種本來是有故，言從無始世，體是有為，依阿賴耶相續至今故，導展轉傳來，不由熏成故，言法爾所得。

Jing said: 'Bodhisattvas' cites the persons of the Great Vehicle who possess the gotra. Regarding the 'excellence of the six bases': according to the old explanation, it refers to the Buddha-nature abiding in self-nature, which is the tathāgatagarbha, possessing inconceivable virtues surpassing the sands of the Ganges that are not separated, not divorced, and not different; now it is endowed with the virtues of the six sense bases, and hence it is called the excellence of the six bases. Now it is not so. The 'six bases' are still the six bases such as the eye and so on. As for 'excellence', the ālayavijñāna is the mental base; among the six bases, it is the most excellent. The excellent mental base is that upon which the natural gotra relies. As for 'possessing such characteristics', this summarizes the essence of the natural gotra that relies upon it. This Mahāyāna natural gotra is originally existent, hence it says 'from beginningless time'; its essence is conditioned, and relying upon the ālaya it continues down to the present, hence it says 'transmitted successionally'; because it is not formed through perfuming, it says 'acquired through natural existence'.