成唯識論演祕 4.120

4.120

答：略為二釋：一、但言懸故不得為緣，非許近者即成緣義，遮他論故。二、縱生報業，因果異世，道理疎遠，亦名懸隔，縱無其遠，有隔非緣。第二釋善。若爾，自宗如何？

Answer: Briefly, there are two explanations: First, merely because it is separated, it cannot serve as a condition; this does not concede that what is proximate constitutes a condition, because it refutes the treatises of others. Second, even for karma with fruition in the next life, cause and fruit belong to different lifetimes and are logically estranged, so it is also called distantly separated; even if there were no great distance, being separated entails that it is not a condition. The second explanation is superior. If so, how is it in our own school?