[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) › 5.57 # 首楞嚴義疏注經 5.57 首楞嚴義疏注經 5.57 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1799.5.57) 阿陀那，云執持，即第八識，能執持種子起現行故。第八多名，此名最通，三位之中相續執持位也。無明熏習種子不斷，如暴流水流注不息，微細境界唯佛能知，故《起信》云「無明熏習所起識者，非凡夫能知，亦非二乘智慧所覺。謂依菩薩從初正信發心觀察，若證法身，得少分知，乃至菩薩究竟地不能盡知，唯佛窮了。」 > Ādāna is translated as "grasping and holding" (upādāna); it is the eighth consciousness, because it is capable of grasping and holding seeds to produce manifest activities. The eighth consciousness has many names, but this name is the most widely encompassing, representing the stage of continuous grasping and holding among the three stages. Ignorance perfuming the seeds without cessation is like a raging torrent flowing on unceasingly; this subtle realm can be known only by a Buddha. Thus the Awakening of Faith says: "The consciousness arisen from the perfuming of ignorance is not something that ordinary beings can know, nor is it perceived by the wisdom of the two vehicles. It is observed on the basis of a bodhisattva from the initial resolve of correct faith; if one realizes the Dharma-body, one gains a partial knowledge of it, and even at the ultimate stage of a bodhisattva one cannot completely know it—only a Buddha fully penetrates it." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1799.5.56) - [Next: 5.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1799.5.58) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1799.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1799~en-mt.5.57) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1799.5.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1799.5.57) · Pramāṇa