成唯識論演祕 4.6

4.6

According to that treatise: 'Question: If there is material substance, is it also nutriment? Supposing it is nutriment, is it also material substance? Answer: As appropriate, four alternatives should be made: There may be material substance that is not nutriment, meaning material substances that cannot nourish the faculties and great elements; there may be nutriment that is not material substance, meaning if there is contact, volition, or consciousness that can cause the faculties and great elements to be nourished; there may be that which is both nutriment and material substance, meaning material substances that can cause the faculties and great elements to be nourished; there may be that which is neither material substance nor nutriment, meaning if there is contact, volition, or consciousness that cannot nourish the faculties and great elements. As with this, the remaining contact up to consciousness form four alternatives as appropriate.'