宗鏡錄 49.5

49.5

答。以與第八遠故。所以不攝為自體。又器界損時。第八亦不隨彼安危共同。所以不執受。若髮毛爪齒膀胱宿水等。雖近。已同外器攝。所以第八亦不執受。由此第八。或持或緣。應具四句。一持而不緣。即無漏種。二緣而不持。即器界現行。三俱句。即內身根塵。四俱非。即前七現行。

Answer: Because it is distant from the eighth [consciousness], it is therefore not subsumed into its own substance. Moreover, when the receptacle world is damaged, the eighth [consciousness] likewise does not share wellbeing and peril together with it; therefore it is not appropriated. As for hair, fur, nails, teeth, bladder, accumulated urine, and the like, although they are close, they are already subsumed under external receptacle [matter]; therefore the eighth [consciousness] likewise does not appropriate them. Consequently, with respect to the eighth [consciousness] either sustaining or conditioning, four alternatives should be formed: 1. sustaining but not conditioning: namely, the untainted seeds; 2. conditioning but not sustaining: namely, the active manifestations of the receptacle world; 3. both [sustaining and conditioning]: namely, the sense faculties and dusts of the internal body; 4. neither [sustaining nor conditioning]: namely, the active manifestations of the preceding seven [consciousnesses].