成唯識論了義燈 3.12

3.12

Question: Since the past is nominally established relying on present dharmas, how can it be said that the time of non-existence is called cessation? Furthermore, fascicle 46 says: Past formations have already arisen and already ceased; because for those formations no cause can be obtained, nor is there any intrinsic nature. It also says: It is precisely the intrinsic nature of these moments of already-arisen formations disintegrating that is correctly contemplated as cessation.