[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) › [首楞嚴義疏注經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1799) › 3.128 # 首楞嚴義疏注經 3.128 首楞嚴義疏注經 3.128 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1799.3.128) 破根生也。初標，在汝正破一舌不知多味也。若以味從舌，味應無別也。若不下縱破。設若汝許味不別者，味既不分，何成知味？若變下破味變，舌應多體也，初二句反破，後二句結破。此則以舌從味，舌便成多；今汝不然，故云云何多味一舌之知。 > Refuting its being born from the faculty. The first part introduces \[the assertion\]; 'in your \[mouth\]' directly refutes that one tongue could not know multiple flavors. If flavor conforms to the tongue, flavors should not be distinct. From 'if it does not' onward is a conditional refutation: supposing you grant that flavors are not distinct, then since flavors are undifferentiated, how does that constitute knowing flavor? From 'if it shifts' onward refutes the shifting of flavor, \[showing that\] the tongue should be multiple in substance; the first two lines refute through the contrary, and the latter two lines conclude the refutation. This means that if the tongue conformed to flavors, the tongue would become multiple; but in your case it is not so, hence it says: 'how could multiple flavors be known by a single tongue?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1799.3.127) - [Next: 3.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1799.3.129) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1799.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1799~en-mt.3.128) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1799.3.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1799.3.128) · Pramāṇa