成唯識論掌中樞要 1.196

1.196

論：如眾燈明各遍，似一相，各各別。《對法》第二：眼識於二根，如二燈共發一光。此如何通？此以隨說小乘法為喻，彼據大乘體義為喻，亦不相違。如因俱聲共別造故。若爾，如多燈共處，其影便殊，云何共造。今正釋者，如一盞中有多燈炷，及因俱聲，大種隣近共造一色，兩盞別炷不共造色，故影有別。

The treatise says: Just as the lights of many lamps each pervade everywhere and resemble a single appearance, yet are individually distinct. The second fascicle of the Abhidharma says: The visual consciousness at the two faculties is like two lamps jointly emitting a single light. How can this be reconciled? The former uses the provisional Hīnayāna Dharma as an example, while the latter is an example based on the essential meaning of Mahāyāna; thus there is no contradiction either. It is like sound having simultaneous causes, being produced jointly or separately. If so, just as when many lamps dwell together, their shadows differ, how can they jointly produce [one light]? The correct explanation now is: like multiple wicks in a single lamp saucer, or sound with simultaneous causes, the primary elements (mahābhūta) being adjacent jointly produce a single form; wicks in two separate saucers do not jointly produce form, and so their shadows differ.