[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [成唯識論述記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1830) › 3.7 # 成唯識論述記 3.7 成唯識論述記 3.7 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1830.3.7) 述曰：此簡略也。無為不然，無轉變故，無取、與用，非能生也；亦顯大眾等四部、化地部十二緣起非是。無為無取、無與、無轉變故，即遮正量部長時四相，非剎那滅故。若謂後時有勝功力，初位無者，初亦應有，體一故，如後時；後應無，體一故，如前位。故體纔生無間即滅名為種子，有勝功力，纔生即有，非要後時。又遮外道自性、神我等常法為因，無轉變故。《瑜伽》第五云：「唯無常法為因」，非常法也。舊人云：真如是諸法種子者，非也。若爾，前種應與後念現行為種，或雖同念，他身相望應為種子。 > The Commentary states: This is the concise exclusion. Unconditioned dharmas are not like this: lacking transformation, they lack the function of taking and giving, and cannot produce; this also reveals that the twelve links of dependent origination held by the four schools including the Mahāsāṃghika and the Mahīśāsaka are not \[unconditioned\]. Because unconditioned dharmas lack taking, giving, and transformation, this also excludes the long-duration four characteristics of the Saṃmatīya, which do not cease in a kṣaṇa. If one claims that there is superior capacity at a later time and none in the initial state, then it should also exist initially, since their substance is one, just as at the later time; or it should be absent later, since their substance is one, just as in the prior state. Therefore, that whose substance immediately perishes without interval upon arising is called a seed; it possesses superior capacity as soon as it arises, without needing a later time. Furthermore, this excludes permanent dharmas such as the prakṛti and puruṣa of non-Buddhists from being causes, because they lack transformation. Yogācāra fascicle 5 states: 'Only impermanent dharmas are causes,' not permanent dharmas. When earlier teachers say that tathatā is the seed of all dharmas, they are wrong. If that were so, a prior seed could serve as the seed for an active manifestation of a subsequent thought-moment, or, even within the same thought-moment, could serve as a seed with respect to another person's body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1830.3.6) - [Next: 3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1830.3.8) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1830.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1830~en-mt.3.7) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1830.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1830.3.7) · Pramāṇa