成唯識論演祕 3.9

3.9

Answer: It is only because the realizations of the wise and noble ones have depths and shallows that there are distinctions; how could the unconditioned possess functional efficacy that causes the wise and noble ones to be distinguished? Therefore, they are not analogous. If one says that the unconditioned is in substance conditioned origination itself, its fault is even graver, as can be known on reflection. Another view: This also excludes the Sthavira view that in a single present moment mind and mental factors have a before and after, arising first and ceasing later, that material dharmas have the four phases of arising, abiding, decay, and cessation, and the ancient Sarvāstivāda view of the sequential progression of abiding, decay, and cessation in a single present moment.