[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) › [俱舍論記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1821) › 7.9 # 俱舍論記 7.9 俱舍論記 7.9 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1821.7.9) 「此緣生法至等無間名」者，此釋名。此緣所生法，前後相似等而無間，依是義立等無間名。問：六識展轉相望，皆得作等無間緣不？答：皆得。故《五事論》云「眼識無間非定起意識，於六識身容隨起一種。若眼識無間定起意識者，則苦根不應為苦等無間，苦根唯在五識身故。若爾，便違根蘊所說。如說苦根與苦根為因、等無間、增上。然依眼識了別色已，無間引起分別意識，故作是言：眼識先識，眼識受已意識隨識。」 > "The phenomena produced by this condition up to: 'the name equal and immediately contiguous'" explains the name. The phenomena produced by this condition are similar before and after, equal and without interval; based on this meaning, the name "equal and immediately contiguous" is established. Question: Can the six consciousnesses mutually serve as the immediately contiguous condition for one another? Answer: They all can. Therefore the \*Pañcavastuka\* states: "Immediately contiguous to visual consciousness, the mental consciousness does not definitely arise; among the six classes of consciousness, any one of them may arise as it happens. If mental consciousness were definitely to arise immediately contiguous to visual consciousness, then the faculty of pain (duḥkhindriya) should not serve as the equal and immediately contiguous \[condition\] for pain, because the faculty of pain exists only in the five classes of consciousness. If that were so, it would contradict what is stated in the Indriya-skandha, as it says: 'The faculty of pain serves as cause, equal and immediately contiguous \[condition\], and predominant \[condition\] for the faculty of pain.' However, relying on visual consciousness to cognize form, an analytical mental consciousness is immediately evoked; therefore it is said: 'Visual consciousness first cognizes; having received it through visual consciousness, mental consciousness follows and cognizes.'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1821.7.8) - [Next: 7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1821.7.10) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1821.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1821~en-mt.7.9) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [五事毘婆沙論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.darsana.abhidharma.pancavastukavibhasa*zh-xuanzang.2.5) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1821.7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1821.7.9) · Pramāṇa