瑜伽論記 13.63

13.63

The commentary states: There are two kinds of 'arisen from maturation': first, arising from the seeds of maturation; second, arising from the continuum of maturation. Within the sixth consciousness, it arises from the seeds of maturation and is called provisional maturation, just as the eye-faculty is not true maturation. The eighth consciousness arises from the continuum of maturation, because both the prior moment and the posterior moment are maturation. Now, that in which both the prior moment and the posterior moment are maturation can sustain [the body], not the six consciousnesses; hence there is a difference. Relying precisely on this text, one master says: 'In the desire realm, there is a retributive mind of the sixth consciousness'; another master says: 'This is merely to reject that posited view.' Furthermore, that outsider posits: 'In your school, the seventh consciousness should be able to sustain the body; what need is there to labor with the eighth?' One should formulate the syllogism: 'My seventh consciousness cannot sustain the body, because it is not of the nature of maturation, like the six evolving consciousnesses, etc.'