成唯識論演祕 3.975

3.975

The phrase 'turning back at consciousness' is fully explained in the Liaoyi deng; there are further agreements and differences, as in the Lotus Sūtra's subsuming explanation, non-severance and non-destruction, and so on. According to Asabhāva's Mahāyānasaṃgraha, fascicle three: 'Moreover, as a sūtra says: "Ānanda! If consciousness were severed, broken, and ceased in a male or female, would name-and-form attain growth, development, and vastness?" "No, Blessed One." Passages such as this: if one wishes to separate this from the ālayavijñāna, it cannot logically be established.'