成唯識論述記 2.778

2.778

The Commentary states: This is an objection by Sthiramati and others. Question: If origination and the like are not cause and effect with dharmas and cannot be analogized to seeds, then since these [seeds] are neither one nor different from all dharmas and there are cause and effect, they should be like a vase and the like: nominal and not real. This is because the vase is the substance of a nominal effect, while form and so forth are the causes.