成唯識論演祕 1.650

1.650

問：有能而令實等造果，造果不一，有能故多，和合而能和合實等，實等一一而有多種，和合應多。

Question: Potentiality (sāmarthya) causes substance and so forth to produce effects; since the production of effects is not single, potentiality is manifold. Inherence can inhere substance and so forth, and each substance and so forth has many varieties; therefore, inherence should be manifold.