[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) › 3.184 # 首楞嚴義疏注經 3.184 首楞嚴義疏注經 3.184 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1799.3.184) 先破根生，此勝義也。初一句牒，動靜下三句正破能生。若無前境，根自不成，由塵發知故。必無下況破所生，若實無知，根尚不立，更何有識？ > First, this refutes arising from the sense faculty, which here refers to the subtle faculty (parama-indriya). The first sentence cites \[the thesis\]. The three sentences from 'the two characteristics of movement and stillness' onward directly refute that which can produce: if the objective realm before it is absent, the sense faculty itself is not established, because knowing is triggered by the dusts. The sentences from 'there is certainly' onward use an a fortiori argument to refute what is produced: if there is truly no knowing, the sense faculty itself is not even established, so how could there be consciousness? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1799.3.183) - [Next: 3.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1799.3.185) - [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.3.184) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1799.3.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1799.3.184) · Pramāṇa