瑜伽論記 17.558

17.558

Below, explaining the reason: because manas is commonly induced solely by seeds, it arises constantly and spontaneously. Regarding the statement, "Because it is not that which is counteracted […] operates differently": this clarifies that the manas consciousness is not like the six consciousnesses that are to be counteracted, which require the conditional force of faculties, objects, and attention to arise; nor is it like the noble path that acts as the antidote, which requires the power of understanding that sees the realm of tathatā to arise. By this principle, whether the worldly path of antidotes arises or does not arise, this affliction operates constantly.