成唯識論述記 8.63

8.63

The Commentary states: Because this actual activity directly establishes the result, it is also called a seed and is subsumed under generating seeds, as it immediately produces the result. Why is actual activity also called a seed? There is a precedent here, such as conventionally speaking of actual grains, barley, and so forth as seeds. Since that is so, this is also like that. Among these six causes, which cause is it subsumed under? It is subsumed under the remaining four causes.