成唯識論述記 3.395

3.395

述曰：即是作意遍能警覺，但說心者，為是主故。問：心等自能生，作意警方起，作意無能警，應種不能生？答曰：受等三和生，更說由觸起，觸不由觸起，自體應不生。問：此質不定，為如觸數無能生觸，為如生等復有能生，於此難中復應思擇。然《順正理》第十一卷解作意云：謂能令心迴趣異境，但住此境，行相微隱。故今敘云：

The Commentary states: That is, attention alerts universally, but it only mentions the mind because it is the master. Question: Mind and so forth can arise by themselves, yet only arise when alerted by attention; since attention has nothing to alert it, should its seed be unable to arise? Answer: Feeling and so forth arise from the coming together of the three, and are further said to arise from contact; contact does not arise from contact, yet does its own substance fail to arise? Question: This counter-question is indeterminate: is it like the mental factor of contact which has nothing that can produce contact, or is it like arising (jāti) and so forth which have further producers? One should reflect further on this objection. However, the eleventh fascicle of the Nyāyānusāra explains attention by saying: 'It means causing the mind to turn toward a different object; when merely abiding on this object, its mode of activity is subtle and hidden.' Therefore it now recounts: