瑜伽師地論略纂 4.67

4.67

Regarding 'If among the aggregation of sentient beings with form—that is, those born by apparitional birth in the desire realm and the form realm—all faculties are definitely born complete': The Vijñaptimātratāsiddhi states that at the moment when an apparitionally born being with form first takes rebirth, although they possess the five faculties, these do not yet have function, and at that time they are not yet designated as the link of the six sense bases; and when one is first born in the formless realm, although they definitely possess the mental faculty, it is not yet distinct and clear, and thus not yet designated as the mental sense base. The intent shown here is that for those apparitionally born beings, the initial moment of rebirth is designated as the link of consciousness; following this, as appropriate, the period when the five faculties and the mental base are not yet distinct is designated as name-and-form; next, when the six faculties become distinct, it is designated as the six sense bases; subsequently, as the links of contact and feeling gradually develop, although all faculties are definitely complete, unlike before, the five links beginning with consciousness also have an earlier and later [sequence]. Question: In the lower realms there is manifest form, which can serve as the support for consciousness; in the formless realm there is no manifest form, so does consciousness rely on seeds that are not form? Answer: In the lower [realms], consciousness observes manifest form, so it is said that consciousness relies on form as a support; when consciousness in the higher [realms] observes the seeds of form, it is said that consciousness relies on the seeds of form.