宗鏡錄 70.20

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70.20

Question: The verse of the Ālambanaparīkṣā says: "Internal form appearing as external / serves as the cognitive condition for consciousness; / because its characteristic is admitted to exist in consciousness / and because it is able to generate consciousness." Thus, although external objects do not exist, there is internal form that appears resembling external objects, serving as the cognitive condition. Since the external characteristic exists in consciousness, they arise simultaneously; given that the characteristic exists [in consciousness], how can it further generate consciousness and act as a condition for consciousness?

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