"[E]ven though mental consciousness ceases in mindless states, sleep, fainting, etc., when it reappears, its initiating and guiding support is its own former species. The same is true of the five [material] consciousnesses that have stopped, because 'immediately antecedent'..."1/
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"...means that there is no break in the same species of consciousness in the interval. The reason is that when it has perished, it has already become the initiating and guiding support for the present consciousness." 2/2 -Xuanzang, Cheng Weishi Lun
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"Fearful of wasting the long time they cultivated bodhisattva practices, they thereupon use the power of vows and pure, superior samādhi, just as the life prolonging dharmas [of arhats] are the cause of preserving their present bodies..." 1/
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"...and prevent the results from being terminated for a long time. In this way, over and over, their samādhi and vows assist them up to the time of the realization of supreme bodhi." 2/2 -Xuanzang, Cheng Weishi Lun
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