成唯識論演祕 4.86

4.86

The exposition states: The other eye and other consciousnesses in the final state of intermediate existence have long ceased, and only the mental consciousness remains. In the beginning and middle of intermediate existence, all six consciousnesses exist; because it links and sustains birth, it is called 'succession' (saṃtāna); because it grasps and takes on birth, it is called 'linking up' birth. 'This defiled mental consciousness' is because it takes the birth-existence as its object.