唯識二十論述記 1.36

1.36

Commentary: This is the second [section], revealing that it is spoken by the sūtras. Now, in explaining vijñapti-mātra, using the sūtras to establish the treatise causes faith to arise easily. The fifth case ending (ablative) is equivalent to the word 'because'. That is, sūtras such as the Avataṃsaka state: because the phenomena of the three realms are mind-only; this is spoken in the sixth ground in the eighth fascicle of the Daśabhūmika-śāstra, and now the meaning that there is only consciousness is established. In Sanskrit it is sūtra, here translated as qijing. Qi means to accord; jing is explained as usual: the sutra accords with correct principle and matches the capacities of beings, hence called qijing (accordant sutra). Because the Buddha's sūtras state 'mind-only', this explanation of vijñapti-mātra establishes the treatise by means of the sūtras. Alternatively, what is explained here as only consciousness is because the sūtras state mind-only; therefore, this treatise now establishes the principle to substantiate the sūtra. Or: what serves as proof for the statement now that there is only consciousness? Because the sūtras state that there is only mind.