[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) › [妙法蓮華經玄贊](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723) › 7.500 # 妙法蓮華經玄贊 7.500 妙法蓮華經玄贊 7.500 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.500](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.7.500) 依世者，《成唯識》云「十因二果定不同世，要生後報方名為支，現報非故」。謂過去十支因，現在二支果；現在十支因，未來二支果。因中前七與愛、取、有或異或同。生報定同，後報便異，謂過去七、現在三、未來二故。若二三七各定同世者、生、老死二支，愛、取有三，及前七支各定同世，勢相生故、力相似故。 > Regarding reliance on lifetimes: the Vijñaptimātratāsiddhi says: 'The ten causes and the two fruits definitely belong to different lifetimes; only when they produce a subsequent retribution are they called links, for present retributions are not so.' That is, the ten causal links belong to the past and the two fruition links belong to the present; or the ten causal links belong to the present and the two fruition links belong to the future. Among the causes, the first seven may be in the same lifetime as or in a different lifetime from craving, clinging, and existence. In the case of retribution in the next birth (upapadyavedanīya), they are definitely the same; in the case of retribution in subsequent births (aparaparyāyavedanīya), they are different—meaning that the first seven are in the past, three are in the present, and two are in the future. If two, three, and seven are each definitely in the same lifetime: the two links of birth and aging-and-death, the three of craving, clinging, and existence, and the preceding seven links are each definitely within the same lifetime, because their forces generate one another and their powers are similar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.499](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.7.499) - [Next: 7.501](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.7.501) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723~en-mt.7.500) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [成唯識論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.darsana.yogacara.trimsika!vijnaptimatratasiddhi*zh-xuanzang.8.98) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.7.500](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.7.500) · Pramāṇa