瑜伽師地論略纂 13.8

13.8

論云「一切種子如暴流」者，此一句舉第八識深細之義而不為說，即第一、深細不說所以。水未風擊，名曰平流；若遇風濤，方成浪起。此識亦爾，能熏之風未鼓，但只念念平流；能熏之風鼓時，成種遂如波浪。　或種生現由如波浪，一浪因至一浪生，多浪因至多浪起也。　問曰：先翻種子如恒流，今何異也？雖云種子，未知是何，言恐有局；今言一切，義乃含包。又恒流之言，此是何義？若如恒水流，即乃非也。如恒常而流，豈是約因熏義？今言暴流，義在於此。

The treatise states: "All seeds are like a rushing torrent." This line presents the profound and subtle nature of the eighth consciousness as the reason it was not taught; that is, the first reason: because it is deep and subtle, it was not taught. When water has not been struck by the wind, it is called a calm flow; only when it meets the wind and waves do surging waves arise. This consciousness is also like this: when the wind of the active perfuming has not stirred, it flows calmly thought-moment after thought-moment; when the wind of the active perfuming stirs, it forms seeds and immediately resembles waves. Or, seeds producing actualities are like waves: the cause of one wave arrives and one wave is born; the causes of many waves arrive and many waves arise. Question: The earlier translation rendered it "seeds are like an enduring flow (gaṅgodaka/constant stream)"; how does it differ now? Although it said "seeds," one did not know what they were, and the wording was feared to be restrictive; now saying "all," the meaning is comprehensive. Furthermore, as for the expression "enduring flow," what meaning is this? If it means flowing like the Gaṅgā River, that is incorrect. If it means flowing constantly, how could this refer to the meaning of perfuming as a cause? Now saying "rushing torrent," the meaning lies precisely here.