宗鏡錄 55.31

55.31

答。眼具九緣。一空緣。謂空疎無物障礙於前境故。謂無障礙。引發生起能緣識故。又離中知故。二明緣。明謂光明。離暗相故。分明顯了。開闢引導能緣識故。三。根緣。謂自眼根為所依故。四境緣。與能緣識為所緣故。牽生引發能緣識故。五作意緣。發作心意。能生起故。於心種位。警令生現。於現行位。引心至境。六根本緣。謂第八識。與其眼等識。而為根株作元本故。與前七識為所依故。七染淨緣。謂第七識。與前六皆為染淨所依故。八分別緣。謂第六識。分明了別於前境故。九種子緣。謂眼識種子。能生現故。亦名親辦自果緣。親實建辦自識現行。名為自果。若耳識緣徑直之聲。唯具前八緣。除前明緣。設於暗中。亦能聞故。若鼻舌身。三識緣香味觸時。唯具七緣。除前空明二緣。此三是合中知故。不假空緣。若第六意識緣一切境時。唯具五緣。一根本。二根緣。三作意。四種子。五境緣。除空。明。分別。染淨四緣。又第六意識。四種中。若定夢獨散。此三即具五緣。若明了意。隨前五識。或七八九等。具緣多少故。若第七識有漏位中。緣第八見分為我之時。唯具三緣。一根本緣。即第八識。二作意。三種子。若第八識緣種子根身器世間時。唯具四緣。一境緣。即前三境。二根緣。即第七識。三種子。四作意。若加等無間緣。於前八識上。更各添一緣。眼即具十緣等。

Answer: The eye [consciousness] possesses nine conditions. First, the condition of space: meaning that empty space is unobstructive toward the object in front; because it is unobstructed, it induces and generates the cognitive consciousness; furthermore, because [the eye] perceives at a distance. Second, the condition of light: light means illumination, which is devoid of the characteristic of darkness; clear and evident, it opens up and guides the cognitive consciousness. Third, the condition of the sense organ: meaning that its own eye faculty serves as its basis. Fourth, the condition of the object: serving as the cognitive object for the cognizing consciousness, drawing forth and generating the cognitive consciousness. Fifth, the condition of mental engagement (manaskāra): stirring and activating the mind, being able to give rise [to it]; at the level of the seeds of mind, it alerts them to manifest; at the level of active manifestation, it directs the mind to the object. Sixth, the root condition: meaning that the eighth consciousness serves as the root and foundation for the eye consciousness and the others; it serves as the support for the preceding seven consciousnesses. Seventh, the condition of defilement and purity: meaning that the seventh consciousness serves as the basis of defilement and purity for the preceding six. Eighth, the condition of conceptual discrimination: meaning that the sixth consciousness clearly discriminates the object in front. Ninth, the condition of the seed: meaning that the seed of the eye consciousness can generate its active manifestation; it is also called the condition that directly effects its own result, directly and genuinely establishing its own consciousness in active manifestation, which is called its own result. If it is the ear consciousness perceiving direct sound, it possesses only the preceding eight conditions, excluding the preceding condition of light, because it can hear even in the dark. If it is the three consciousnesses of the nose, tongue, and body perceiving fragrance, taste, and tangibility, they possess only seven conditions, excluding the two conditions of space and light, because these three perceive through contact and do not rely on the condition of space. If it is the sixth consciousness, the manovijñāna, perceiving all objects, it possesses only five conditions: first, the root; second, the condition of the sense organ; third, mental engagement; fourth, the seed; fifth, the condition of the object; excluding the four conditions of space, light, conceptual discrimination, and defilement and purity. Furthermore, among the four kinds of the sixth consciousness, the solitary and dispersed types in meditative absorption or dreaming possess these five conditions. If it is the clear [five-accompanying] mental consciousness, depending on the preceding five consciousnesses, it possesses seven, eight, or nine conditions according to the number of conditions required. If it is the seventh consciousness in the defiled state perceiving the darśanabhāga of the eighth as the self, it possesses only three conditions: first, the root condition, which is the eighth consciousness; second, mental engagement; third, the seed. If it is the eighth consciousness perceiving seeds, the bodily faculties, and the physical container world, it possesses only four conditions: first, the condition of the object, which is the three objects just mentioned; second, the condition of the sense organ, which is the seventh consciousness; third, the seed; fourth, mental engagement. If the immediately antecedent condition (samanantarapratyaya) is added, one condition more is added to each of the eight consciousnesses, so the eye consciousness possesses ten conditions, and so forth.