宗鏡錄 59.23

59.23

答。准攝論云。是依他起。遍計心等所緣緣故。慈恩云。三性之中。是依他起。言所緣。必是有法。遍計心等。以此為緣。親相分者。必依他故。不以圓成而為境也。謂不相似故。

Answer: According to the Mahāyānasaṃgraha, it is the dependent [nature], because it is the objective condition of the conceptualizing mind and so forth. Ci'en says: Among the three natures, it is the dependent nature. Stating 'the object' must mean an existent dharma; the conceptualizing mind and so forth take this as condition. The direct nimittabhāga must be dependent; it does not take the consummated as its objective sphere, because they are not similar.