宗鏡錄 48.22

48.22

He also asked: 'Just as the nimittabhāga of the five sense objects transformed by the first six consciousnesses cannot perfume new seeds of itself, but must rely on the perceiving consciousness taking it as object before it can perfume its own seeds—and therefore the nimittabhāga of the five sense objects can be what perfumes—the extremely weak indeterminate [states] also rely on the perceiving consciousness taking them as object; why are they not the same as the nimittabhāga of the five sense objects in being able to perfume?'