宗鏡錄 72.7

72.7

Answer: The basis is narrow; the condition is broad. The causal condition has three meanings: first, seed leading to seed; second, seed generating manifest activity; third, manifest activity perfuming seed. The basis as causal condition takes only the single meaning of seed generating manifest activity; this is the true basis as causal condition. If a seed generates a seed, it is only called a causal condition and cannot be called a basis, because cause and effect are in different moments; the preceding moment lacks real entity and is not a basis, which must necessarily be simultaneous.