成唯識論演祕 4.183

4.183

答：覺師子意，餘時種子為因，能生後念種、現。此末後心，前念種因，唯能生現故。論本名無種已生，由無種故後便斷滅。今難陀意亦即同彼，其護法等不依彼故，故但如前依種子說，非汝難陀、覺師子等所知見也。無著大師意說種子前後相生，云無種已生。

Answer: In Buddhasiṃha's intention, at other times seeds serve as the cause able to generate subsequent moments of seeds and actual states. This final mind has preceding moments of seeds as cause, which can only generate actual states; therefore the root treatise names it 'having already arisen without seeds', because without seeds it subsequently ceases. Now Nanda's intention is also identical to his. Because Dharmapāla and others do not rely on him, they simply speak in terms of seeds as before, which is not what is known or seen by you, Nanda, Buddhasiṃha, and others. The intention of the Great Master Asaṅga was to speak of seeds mutually generating before and after, calling it 'having already arisen without seeds'.