大乘起信論義記 3.129

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3.129

If there were solely an internal cause without relying on external conditions, it would indeed be as you objected. However, now they are accomplished only by externally relying on the perfuming of function and internally on the correct cause; therefore, prior and posterior occur, and it cannot happen simultaneously. For this reason, the two types of perfuming were distinguished above, rather than speaking of only one.

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大乘起信論義記 — Classical Chinese