[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) › [維摩經略疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778) › 10.22 # 維摩經略疏 10.22 維摩經略疏 10.22 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [10.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.10.22) 從阿難問中為二：一問香、二問消。問香中為五：一阿難問、二佛答、三身子云我身亦香、四阿難問得香之緣、五身子答從淨名得飯。就問消中為三：一阿難問、二淨名答、三阿難稱歎。就答中為二：初總答、二別答。總答云此香隨於飯，飯若消者香亦隨消。更重問久如消，即別答，為二：一事、二理。事者答，七日方消。譬如世食持身止飢一日乃歇，此食七日乃消。又譬如服一種藥，藥持身七日可消，藥勢熏身至其疾愈。此是事解。 > From Ānanda's questions, there are two parts: 1. Asking about the fragrance; 2. Asking about its digestion. Within asking about the fragrance, there are five points: 1. Ānanda asks; 2. The Buddha answers; 3. Śāriputra says, "My body is also fragrant"; 4. Ānanda asks about the conditions for obtaining the fragrance; 5. Śāriputra answers that he obtained the rice from Vimalakīrti. Within asking about its digestion, there are three points: 1. Ānanda asks; 2. Vimalakīrti answers; 3. Ānanda praises it. Within the answer, there are two parts: first, a general answer; second, a specific answer. The general answer states that this fragrance accompanies the rice; if the rice is digested, the fragrance is also digested along with it. Further asking how long it takes to digest, he then answers specifically, in two ways: 1. In terms of phenomena; 2. In terms of principle. Answering in terms of phenomena: it is only digested after seven days. Just as mundane food supports the body and stops hunger, subsiding only after a day, this food is only digested after seven days. Again, it is like taking a kind of medicine: the medicine supports the body and takes seven days to be digested, the efficacy of the medicine permeating the body until the illness is cured. This is the explanation in terms of phenomena. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 10.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.10.21) - [Next: 10.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.10.23) - [Up: 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.10) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778~en-mt.10.22) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.10.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.10.22) · Pramāṇa