宗鏡錄 55.35

55.35

Answer: Ancient masters stated: The five [sensory] consciousnesses and the eighth consciousness have no attachment, because they transform according to causes and conditions; they are strictly direct perception (pratyakṣa). For an attachment to occur, there must be forceful reflection, calculation, and the like, before there is attachment. Only the sixth and seventh consciousnesses have pervasive conceptual discrimination; therefore, it is the sixth and seventh consciousnesses that possess attachment. Furthermore, there are four alternatives: First, pervasive but not conceptualizing: namely, the solitary sixth consciousness, which pervasively takes all [dharmas] as objects without holding attachments. Second, conceptualizing but not pervasive: namely, the seventh consciousness, which only takes the ālayavijñāna as its object and gives rise to calculation. Third, both pervasive and conceptualizing: during the causal stage, the sixth consciousness has pervasive calculation. Fourth, neither conceptualizing nor pervasive: namely, the five consciousnesses, which merely take the five sensory dusts as objects without calculation. The first five consciousnesses spontaneously realize their objects without engaging conventional designations, being strictly direct perception; the eighth is also like this.