成唯識論述記 2.480

2.480

The Commentary states: All the world universally knows they exist; they do not need to wait for inference (anumāna) to be established. Question: Under what means of valid cognition (pramāṇa) is the cognition taking pots and so forth as objects subsumed? Answer: It is subsumed under non-valid cognition (apramāṇa). Because it does not directly apprehend the intrinsic entity (svabhāva) of the dharma, and because it is not inferential deduction, it is not subsumed under valid cognition. Non-valid cognition is not an essential [means of knowledge], being merely a rigid conceptual grasping.