成唯識論演祕 6.78

6.78

Answer: According to the Yogācārabhūmi, fascicle sixty-nine: 'Furthermore, immediately following an unmanifested-indeterminate [mind] of the desire realm, a wholesome mind of the form realm arises; like the form-realm fruitional transformative mind (nirmāṇa-citta) of the desire realm, immediately following a wholesome mind of the form realm, this unmanifested-indeterminate mind of the desire realm arises. Furthermore, stating that this mind belongs to the desire realm should be known to be because it is of the same category as that reflected image (pratibimba), not because of its own nature.' Since it says 'because it is of the same category as that reflected image, not because of its own nature', how could it be a 'real desire-realm mind'? If it were a real desire-realm mind, why would it need to say 'of that category, not of its own nature'? Since the treatise itself explains that it is of the category of the reflected image and not of its own nature, it is clear that the transformative mind is called 'desire' because it resembles desire; were it not so, why would it say 'of the category of the reflected image, not of its own nature'? Since this is a form realm [mind] resembling the desire realm, what fault is there for a bodhisattva's resembling desire to be named 'desire'?