成唯識論述記 8.12

8.12

The Commentary states: This explains the meaning of cause. In contrast to what is it a cause? This very expressive speech is the cause of all dharmas that are expressed. Ancient masters who said that all expressed dharmas are the entity of this cause are incorrect; if that were so, speech would be taken as the fruit. Regarding seeing, hearing, etc., they are reconciled as in fascicle ninety-three, fascicle one of the Abhidharma-samuccaya, and the Shiyao. 'Conforming' (sui) has the sense of following along; that is, following matters seen, heard, etc., one gives rise to words and speech. The Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra and other texts are all identical to this text. However, as for the contaminated, indeterminate cause of nominal expression, its fruit extends to all conditioned, unconditioned, contaminated, and uncontaminated dharmas; this is the karmadhāraya sense, because the indeterminate is itself the cause. When the indeterminate is taken as the fruit, the speech that expresses indeterminate matters is the cause of the indeterminate, which is a tatpuruṣa compound. If according to the former interpretation the cause is only contaminated and indeterminate, according to the latter interpretation it extends to being subsumed under the contaminated, the uncontaminated, and the three natures. Its defiled and purified forms of this cause can be understood by analogy with this.