大乘起信論別記 1.178

1.178

In [the section on] "non-conjunction," the statement "perfumed by manas and manovijñāna" means that bodhisattvas rely on the vāsanā of the karmic consciousness, which is termed manas, while the consciousness that discriminates objects of ordinary beings and [followers of] the two vehicles is termed manovijñāna. Here, in contrast to those bodhisattvas of the dharmakāya who, at the time of realizing the dharmakāya, are free from the characteristic of an agent of seeing, the bodhisattvas prior to the [bhūmi] stages are described as having the vāsanā of manas, because relying on karmic consciousness they possess the characteristic of an agent of seeing. If, however, we take the meaning of seeing the saṃbhoga Buddha through conventional cognition, then prior to the vajra[-like samādhi] all possess the characteristic of seeing, which is comprehensively termed the vāsanā of karmic consciousness. This is as explained below.