[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1709) › 2.475 # 仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經疏 2.475 仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經疏 2.475 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.475](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1709.2.475) 解曰：不可說識者，此有二義。有說：本識從初結生一期壽命，乃至最後剎那滅識，於二中間剎那不住，識之生滅不可說也。舉其邊者，如有頂地及無間中，從初至後有不可說，況於長劫豈可說業乎？有說：業識從初起後、至末斷前，然於中間無始生滅造業受果，於界趣生、從心生心，染淨諸識剎那相續皆不可說，故經重云不可說矣。從此第二從心生色。 > Exposition: 'Inexpressible consciousnesses' has two meanings. One explanation says: from the initial linking of birth for a single lifetime, up to the final moment of the ceasing consciousness, the fundamental consciousness does not abide for a single moment in between; the arising and ceasing of consciousness is inexpressible. To mention its extremes: as in the Peak of Existence (bhavāgra) and within the Avīci \[Hell\], from beginning to end there are inexpressible \[moments\], so how much less can one express the karma throughout long kalpas? Another explanation says: from when the karmic consciousness first arises to its later \[states\], up to when it severs the former at the end, during the interval throughout beginningless arising and ceasing it creates karma and experiences fruits; within the realms, destinies, and births, mind produces mind, and the moment-to-moment continuation of all defiled and pure consciousnesses is entirely inexpressible. Hence the sūtra repeats 'inexpressible.' From this point, the second \[part clarifies\] mind producing matter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.474](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1709.2.474) - [Next: 2.476](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1709.2.476) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1709.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1709~en-mt.2.475) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1709.2.475](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1709.2.475) · Pramāṇa