宗鏡錄 57.17

57.17

Answer: The seventh consciousness is the base relied upon by the sixth, and the sixth is the consciousness that relies upon it. Since the relying consciousness has become undefiled, the seventh that is relied upon also becomes undefiled. When the sixth enters the contemplation of the two kinds of emptiness—of persons and dharmas—the innate grasping at self and dharmas in the seventh consciousness are subdued in their manifest activity so that they do not arise; therefore the seventh becomes undefiled.