宗鏡錄 36.24

36.24

Answer: All three supports are complete: 1. Causal condition support: the contemplating mind and so forth have their own seeds as their causal condition support; because the manifest relies on the seeds, it is also called the seed support. 2. Co-existent support: the locations of the six faculties can serve as support for the various minds and mental factors; now the contemplating sixth takes the seventh and eighth consciousnesses as its support, and is also called the dominant condition support. 3. Opening and guiding support: the minds and mental factors of the preceding thought open the way and guide the minds and mental factors of the succeeding thought; taking the preceding mind-king is called the opening and guiding support, because the succeeding thought must arise relying on the preceding thought; thus the present mind viewed against the succeeding thought is provisionally named the preceding thought, and is also called the immediately preceding condition support.