瑜伽論記 3.200

3.200

Consciousness has mixed characteristics with a portion of name-and-form and the six sense bases: that is, at the time of the consciousness factor it generally comprises the five aggregates, but only consciousness is spoken of as the factor; hence it is one portion. When it reaches name-and-form, consciousness transforms into 'name', which is one portion of name. When it reaches the six sense bases, consciousness again transforms into the name of the mind base, not the other five bases; this too is one portion. It is merely that the single nature of consciousness passes through the three factors, with different names before and after and distinct meanings; hence they are called mixed characteristics. Contact and feeling are not consciousness, so they do not share this mixture. 'Based on the time of defilement' is the consciousness factor; that is, the preceding text states that through erroneous practice the mind is inverted; when inverted active consciousness perfumes seeds, it is named the consciousness factor. 'Based on the time of moistening' is when the seed of consciousness is moistened by craving and grasping; at the initial moment of rebirth-linking, it is named the name-and-form factor. 'Based on the time of transformation' is when, upon these name-and-form, the six sense faculties arise, it is named the factor of the six sense bases. It is not that the six sense bases and so forth are entirely consciousness alone, but because all have consciousness, they constitute a mixture. Regarding the passage "Because of distinctly manifesting the characteristics of suffering," and so forth: the five actively arising factors of present consciousness and so forth arise in retribution for past causes; their five characteristics are apparent, distinctly manifesting the characteristics of suffering. If in the future, sharing the dharma of maturation, their future existence is not yet apparent, they are together named birth-and-death. This birth, old age, and death are, first, led by the seven leading causes such as present ignorance, and second, produced by the three producing causes of craving, grasping, and existence; hence it says "and to manifest the distinction between leading and producing." When this birth, old age, and death actively arise in the present in the body of the next life, their increase and diminution differ and are separated into five factors; hence it says "because of distinctly manifesting the characteristics of suffering." One must know that in this school the five factors of present consciousness and so forth and the two factors of the future have