成唯識論演祕 5.447

5.447

Answer: Although they see the material body, they do not know the cause of that body's existence, because their vision does not exceed five hundred kalpas. Since that body exists and they do not see its arising from a cause, the present body is not regarded as arising from the seen body. A confused person says: 'Neither recollection of past lives nor reasoning and investigation can remember events prior to the mind emerging after demise from non-ideation; these are called the two causelessnesses.' This misconception arose because they saw that the question and answer in the Commentary used two meanings solely regarding non-ideation to answer the previous objection. Students should know this.