緣識 The causal consciousness (pratyaya-vijñāna), or causal aspect of consciousness, as distinguished from the experiential consciousnesses 受識. This is a way of describing the ālayavijñāna 阿頼耶識 in contrast to the transforming consciousnesses 轉識.

辯中邊論上卷四頁云：緣識者：謂藏識。是餘識生緣故。