成唯識論述記 4.918

4.918

[The Commentary states:] Both possess the meaning of support. That is, those perfuming actives of the sixth and seventh are the generative support for newly perfumed seeds, and the growth support for innate seeds. The former is because they were originally non-existent, and the latter is because these cause them to increase; thus, the perfuming active serves as the support for generation and growth, and the ripening consciousness serves as the support for abidance. Although the active eighth does not generate seeds, seeds abide in reliance upon it; therefore, the active ripening consciousness serves as the support for abidance. Question: If one speaks of initial generation and augmentation, one can only speak of the perfumer; if one speaks of continuous abidance, one can only speak of the ripening; why is it necessary to state both?