成唯識論演祕 3.727

3.727

答：既言最後是異熟法，不障初中而得愛俱，二論意別故不相違。又起愛故而能結生，命終、中有皆能起愛，故取二位亦無失矣。雖有四釋，初、後為勝，中二違理。染意結生，正受生時羯邏藍位無染意故，《瑜伽》第一依已結生故作是說，非正結生故無失也。即《瑜伽論》五十九云：「又將受生時，於自體上貪愛現行，於男於女若愛若恚亦在現行。」由此因緣當知一切煩惱皆得結生相續。言將受生及起愛等，明非生有為結生位。結生等義者，以因取果，如花結實，故名結生。故無性《攝論》第三云：「攝受生故，名為結生。」後報續前，今生不斷，如子嗣父，故名相續，即彼論云：「連持生故名為相續。」

Answer: Since it states that the final [moment] is a maturation dharma, this does not hinder the initial and middle [moments] from being accompanied by craving; because the intentions of the two treatises differ, they do not contradict each other. Furthermore, because of the arousal of craving, one is able to connect life [in rebirth]; both the time of death and the intermediate state are able to arouse craving, and therefore taking both states is likewise without error. Although there are four explanations, the first and last are superior, while the middle two contradict reason. Defiled thought connects rebirth, and at the time of actually undergoing rebirth, in the state of the kalala, there is no defiled thought; therefore the first fascicle of the Yogācārabhūmi made this statement based on having already connected rebirth, and because it is not the actual connection of rebirth, there is no fault. That is, the fifty-ninth fascicle of the Yogācārabhūmi states: "Furthermore, when about to undergo rebirth, lust and craving are active in relation to one's own body, and toward male or female either love or hatred is also active." From this causal condition, one should know that all afflictions can connect the continuity of rebirth. The words "when about to undergo rebirth" and "arousing craving," and so forth, clearly show that the state of rebirth-existence is not the state of connecting rebirth. As for the meaning of connecting rebirth and so on, it means grasping the fruit by means of the cause, just as a blossom forms fruit; hence it is called "connecting rebirth." Therefore Asabhāva's Mahāyānasaṃgraha, fascicle three, states: "Because it embraces rebirth, it is called 'connecting rebirth.'" The subsequent retribution continues the previous one, so that this life is not broken off, just as a son succeeds his father; hence it is called "continuity." That is, that treatise says: "Because it maintains and connects life, it is called 'continuity.'"