瑜伽論記 3.99

3.99

Regarding 'If among the aggregation of sentient beings with form' and so on, the Vijñaptimātratāsiddhi says: In the initial state of taking rebirth for an apparitional being possessing form, although it possesses the five faculties, they do not yet have function; at that time it is not yet named the link of the six sense bases. Thus, when initially born into the formless realm, although it definitely possesses the mental faculty, because it is not yet clear, it is not yet named the mind base. The intention revealed here is that for those apparitional beings, the initial instant of birth is called the link of consciousness; following this, until the five faculties and the mind base correspond and become clear, it is called the link of name-and-form; next, when the six faculties are clear, it is called the six sense bases; later, the links of contact and feeling gradually grow. Therefore, although all faculties are definitively complete, in distinction from the earlier [womb birth], the five links of consciousness and the rest also have a chronological sequence. Here, the upper consciousness conditions the seed of form, and is therefore said to arise reliant on form.