成唯識論演祕 2.99

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Detailed analysis: Examining the various scriptures, 'even if' has two pathways: First, the other party accepts it while one's own school does not, hence there is the word 'even if'; second, although both self and other completely reject it, in order to refute something, one provisionally concedes to them and also says 'even if'. This is like the Mahāyānasaṃgraha provisionally conceding to the Sautrāntika meaning of matter and mind serving as equal and immediate conditions for each other, as will be explained below. In the analogy of the second moon, although the other party does not accept it as the object of the five [consciousnesses], in order to negate their condition, what fault is there logically in provisionally conceding it to be an object? Because it is identical to the Mahāyānasaṃgraha. Following this reasoning, having the five consciousnesses of that verse in the predicate would also not be amiss. This should be considered further.