成唯識論述記 8.32

8.32

The Commentary states: Its substance is the six faculties, covering the eight consciousnesses and taking the five faculties as substance; the results are solely citta and caitasikas. The natures of the results of the preceding three results are all identical, and the causes may be understood by analogy. However, as for the immediate condition, it serves as a condition in the present, not in the past, because the past does not exist; that is, the present possesses efficacious capacity, being able to open the way and guide phenomena so that the future may arise; when it enters the past, its function only then becomes apparent, because the result is present and the position has been vacated.