[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) › [俱舍論疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1822) › 9.78 # 俱舍論疏 9.78 俱舍論疏 9.78 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1822.9.78) 論「若執有始至決定無初」，此破彌沙塞部眾生有始，及破無因外道、常因外道，如前已遣。 > The Śāstra says: "If one grasps that there is a beginning … there is definitely no initial \[limit\]." This refutes the Mahīśāsaka school's view that sentient beings have a beginning, and refutes the non-Buddhists who assert causelessness and those who assert a permanent cause, as already disposed of earlier. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1822.9.77) - [Next: 9.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1822.9.79) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1822.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1822~en-mt.9.78) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1822.9.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1822.9.78) · Pramāṇa