成唯識論掌中樞要 2.80

2.80

Why is it that of the four conditions, three are named 'basis' (āśraya), while the substantial entity of the object-condition (ālambana-pratyaya) is not named a basis? That which is superior is called a basis, and its causal force is intimate; the object-condition is distant, and therefore is not established [as a basis]. It may well be a cause, but the meaning of 'basis' is not [applicable to it].