成唯識論述記 8.383

8.383

述曰：五、會同時難。復由此理，經說生、引皆是同時。何以得知於當起位方說同時？於初熏時未能現起，潤、未潤時，必不俱故，謂初熏時，愛等未潤，雖八萬劫終不生果，後愛等潤，方生現行。若初熏時即能生現，應初熏位便有愛等。若爾，如何造潤時異？由潤、未潤必不俱故，於當起位方說生、引，許有同時，其體是一，位別說故，有引、生別。其潤緣合，可得引、生二義之名，即行等六，別名為引，總名為有，經亦不說定同時故。若爾，何故先說其引，後說其生？潤已生時雖無前後，潤、未潤位前後定別，必先有引，後有生故，故說引先生居後也。《緣起》上說：「世尊告曰：『此引、生支一時而起，次第宣說。』」要由有引，後有生故，或望所生果近遠故。

The Commentary states: Fifth, resolving the difficulty regarding simultaneity. Furthermore, on this principle, the sūtra states that the projecting and the generating are both simultaneous. How is it known that they are only spoken of as simultaneous at the state when they are about to arise? Because at the time of initial perfuming they cannot yet arise as actual manifestations, and the times of being moistened and not yet moistened are necessarily never concomitant. That is to say: at the time of initial perfuming, when craving and the rest have not yet moistened them, even across eighty thousand kalpas they will ultimately not produce fruit; only later, when moistened by craving and the rest, do they produce actual manifestations. If they were already able to produce actual manifestations at the time of initial perfuming, then craving and the rest would be present already at the stage of initial perfuming. If so, how could the times of performing [action] and moistening be different? Because the moistened and the unmoistened are necessarily never concomitant, only at the state when they are about to arise are projecting and generating spoken of as permitted to be simultaneous. Their essence is one, but because they are spoken of according to different stages, there is the distinction between projecting and generating. When their moistening conditions combine, the designations of both meanings—projecting and generating—can be obtained. That is, the six factors beginning with volition are individually named 'projecting' and collectively named 'becoming'; nor does the sūtra state that they are definitely simultaneous. If so, why is projecting spoken of first and generating spoken of later? Although when already moistened and generating there is no before and after, between the stages of being moistened and not yet moistened there is definitely a distinction of before and after: there must first be projecting and only later generating; hence it is said that projecting is prior and generating is posterior. The first fascicle of the *Pratītyasamutpāda-sūtra* states: 'The World-Honoured One said: "These projecting and generating factors arise at one time, [yet] are expounded in sequence."' It is essentially because there must be projecting first and generating later, or with regard to whether the fruit to be generated is near or distant.