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# 首楞嚴義疏注經 2.660

首楞嚴義疏注經 2.660

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [2.660](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1799.2.660)

頻伽，好聲鳥也，瓶形似彼。識陰無形，在有情身，如瓶盛空。遠餉他國者，阿賴耶識為業所使，隨處受生。此陰若滅，彼陰續生，如人擎空遠餉千里。死有至時，諸根不通，如塞兩孔。

> The kalaviṅka is a bird with a lovely sound; the pitcher's shape resembles it. The aggregate of consciousness is formless; being inside a sentient being's body is like a pitcher containing space. Traveling afar to present it as a gift to another country: the ālayavijñāna is driven by karma, receiving rebirth in various places. When this aggregate perishes, that aggregate is born in succession, like a person carrying space afar for a thousand miles. When death-existence (maraṇa-bhava) arrives, the sense faculties no longer function, like plugging the two apertures.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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