[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) › 8.14 # 首楞嚴義疏注經 8.14 首楞嚴義疏注經 8.14 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1799.8.14) 「云何助因？阿難！如是世界十二類生不能自全，依四食住，所謂段食、觸食、思食、識食。是故佛說一切眾生皆依食住。」 > "What are the auxiliary causes? Ānanda, the twelve classes of living beings in such worlds cannot sustain themselves; they abide relying on the four foods, namely: food by mouthfuls, food by contact, food by thought, and food by consciousness. Therefore the Buddha said that all sentient beings abide relying on food." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1799.8.13) - [Next: 8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1799.8.15) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1799.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1799~en-mt.8.14) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1799.8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1799.8.14) · Pramāṇa