[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) › [楞伽阿跋多羅寶經註解](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789) › 1.504 # 楞伽阿跋多羅寶經註解 1.504 楞伽阿跋多羅寶經註解 1.504 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.504](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.1.504) 此依上海浪之喻復開為二義：初喻言異，據《入楞伽》，多此「七識亦如是，心俱和合生」二句。蓋此本喻八識轉生諸識，如海水變起諸波浪。言以彼意識思惟諸相者，以意識思惟六塵等相，故曰異也。次喻言不異，偈云「不壞相有八」者，謂八識無壞相也。無相亦無相者，謂八識本無相可見，諸識同依藏識亦無相可見。如海浪雖異，同一濕性，則無差別，諸識唯心亦不可得，故曰異亦等也。 > Based on the preceding analogy of the ocean waves, this is further opened into two meanings: The first analogy speaks of difference; according to the \*Ru lengqie\*, it has these additional two lines: 'The seven consciousnesses are also like this, arising in union together with the mind.' This originally illustrates the eighth consciousness evolving to produce the various consciousnesses, just as ocean water changes and gives rise to various waves. Saying that through that mental consciousness one thinks upon all characteristics refers to the mental consciousness thinking upon the characteristics of the six dusts and the like; hence it is called 'different'. The next analogy speaks of non-difference; when the verse says 'There are eight having non-destructible characteristics', it means that the eight consciousnesses have no destructible characteristics. 'Signless and devoid of characteristics' means that the eighth consciousness originally has no visible characteristics, and the various consciousnesses, sharing their reliance on the storehouse consciousness, also have no visible characteristics. Just as the waves of the ocean, though different, share the single wet nature and are therefore without distinction, the various consciousnesses being mind-only cannot be found \[as different\]; hence it says that difference, etc., \[cannot be found\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.503](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.1.503) - [Next: 1.505](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.1.505) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789~en-mt.1.504) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [འཕགས་པ་ལང་ཀར་གཤེགས་པའི་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.lankavatara*bo.2.9) — Classical Tibetan - [འཕགས་པ་ལང་ཀར་གཤེགས་པ་རིན་པོ་ཆེའི་མདོ་ལས་སངས་རྒྱས་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱི་གསུང་གི་སྙིང་པོ་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་ལེའུ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.lankavatara*bo-d108.1.22) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.1.504](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.1.504) · Pramāṇa