宗鏡錄 51.9

51.9

Answer: Among the six causes, it has four. From the aspect of being able to hold seeds, it is a seed-holding cause; if the cause and the seed exist simultaneously, it is a co-existent cause (sahabhūhetu); if viewed with respect to seeds of its own kind inducing one another sequentially, it is an identical-type cause (sabhāgahetu); if viewed with respect to simultaneous mental factors (caitta) and so forth, it is an associated cause (samprayuktakahetu). It does not have the remaining two causes: the maturation cause (vipākahetu) is of good or bad nature, whereas this consciousness is neutral; the universal cause (sarvatragahetu) is defiled, meaning views, doubt, avidyā, and so forth, whereas this consciousness is not defiled. Among the five results, it possesses four, excluding only the result of disconnection (visaṃyogaphala). Viewed with respect to its own seeds, it is an equal-outflow result (niṣyandaphala); viewed with respect to mental factors such as attention (manaskāra), it is an anthropomorphic result (puruṣakāraphala); viewed with respect to the seventh consciousness, it is a dominant result (adhipatiphala); viewed with respect to good and bad causes, it is a maturation result (vipākaphala).