[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) › [注大乘入楞伽經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791) › 9.96 # 注大乘入楞伽經 9.96 注大乘入楞伽經 9.96 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791.9.96) 一切有情皆依食住，謂食以資益諸根大種心心所法，能生喜樂、相續執持。總有四種：一者段食，變壞為相，謂欲界繫香、味、觸三，於變壞時能為食事。二者觸食，觸境為相，謂有漏觸，纔取境時攝受喜等能為食事。三意思食，希望為相，謂有漏思與欲俱轉，希可愛境，能為食事。四者識食，執持為相。謂有漏識，由段、觸、思勢力增長，能為食事。此四能持有情身命，令不壞斷，故名為食。段食唯於欲界有用，觸、意、思食雖遍三界而依識轉隨識有無。此對有情飲食血肉，是故且言不食段食。於義四種悉應斷，故下言「法身非雜食」者，謂超情識，是四俱無。 > All sentient beings subsist on food; that is, food enriches the faculties, the primary elements, and the citta and caittas, can produce joy and happiness, and sustains them continuously. In total there are four kinds: first, solid food (kavaḍīkārāhāra), which has deterioration as its characteristic, meaning the three—smell, taste, and touch—bound to the desire realm, which perform the function of food at the time of deterioration. Second, contact food (sparśāhāra), which has contacting objects as its characteristic, meaning outflow-associated contact that, upon taking in objects, gathers joy and so forth to perform the function of food. Third, volitional food (manosañcetanāhāra), which has hope as its characteristic, meaning outflow-associated thought operating together with desire, hoping for desirable realms, which can perform the function of food. Fourth, consciousness food (vijñānāhāra), which has maintaining as its characteristic, meaning outflow-associated consciousness that, augmented by the power of solid, contact, and volitional food, can perform the function of food. These four can sustain the bodies and lives of sentient beings so they do not disintegrate or terminate; therefore they are called food. Solid food is functional only in the desire realm; contact, volitional, and consciousness foods, though pervasive across the three realms, operate dependent on consciousness and follow the presence or absence of consciousness. Here, this is spoken in contrast to sentient beings eating blood and flesh, which is why it provisionally speaks of not eating solid food. In principle, all four kinds should be severed; hence it says below that 'the Dharma-body is not mixed food,' meaning it transcends feelings and consciousness, and all four are absent. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791.9.95) - [Next: 9.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791.9.97) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791~en-mt.9.96) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791.9.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791.9.96) · Pramāṇa