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# 俱舍論疏 20.72

俱舍論疏 20.72

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [20.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1822.20.72)

論「理必應爾至本無等言」，經部引《勝義空經》所說也。若去、來眼根有實性者，經不應言「本無今有，有已還無。」

> The Śāstra says: "In principle it must indeed be so... words such as 'previously non-existent'": the Sautrāntikas cite what is stated in the \*Paramārthaśūnyatā-sūtra\*. If the past and future visual faculty had substantial nature, the sūtra would not say: 'Having previously been non-existent, it now exists; having existed, it returns to non-existence.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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