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# 瑜伽論記 15.437

瑜伽論記 15.437

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [15.437](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1828.15.437)

十二、明眼耳鼻識雖依二生而識體唯一。意謂若患一眼識即不明，故知一識，依於二眼。又識非色，無方所引不成三分，此簡犢子、上座等計二眼前後得生一識。

> Twelfth, explaining that although the eye, ear, and nose consciousnesses arise based on two \[organs\], the substance of each consciousness is only single. The meaning is that if one eye is impaired, consciousness is immediately not lucid; therefore we know that a single consciousness relies on two eyes. Furthermore, consciousness is not material and lacks spatial extension; it cannot be divided into three parts. This refutes the Vātsīputrīyas, Sthaviras, and others who hypothesize that two eyes can successively produce a single consciousness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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