[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) › [瑜伽論記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1828) › 2.161 # 瑜伽論記 2.161 瑜伽論記 2.161 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1828.2.161) 若無異相等者，若言乳因有於酪果，而復說言因果無異，以無異故，則無因果，故汝所執因中有果，不應道理。應立量言：汝之果體，應非決定，果相即因故，猶如因相，因相亦然，彼執體一相有異故。若有異相等者，乳中之酪，若乳相異者，如是酪果，為未生相為已生相，若是未生，未生則無而言有者，不應理，應立量云：因中無果，以未生故，猶如兔角，若言已生，即酪果已生。云何復言乳生酪？故不應理，應立量云：一切果法不從因生，是已生故，猶如因相。 > Regarding 'if there are no distinct characteristics' and so on: if you say that the cause, milk, possesses the effect, curd, and yet you say that cause and effect are not distinct, then because they are not distinct, there would be neither cause nor effect; therefore, your clinging that the effect exists in the cause does not accord with reason. One should formulate the inference: Your entity of the effect should not be determinate, because the characteristic of the effect is identical to the cause, just like the characteristic of the cause; the characteristic of the cause is likewise, because they cling to identity of entity with difference in characteristics. Regarding 'if there are distinct characteristics' and so on: if the curd within the milk has characteristics distinct from the milk, is such an effect of curd an unarisen characteristic or an already-arisen characteristic? If it is unarisen, what is unarisen is non-existent, and to say it exists does not accord with reason; one should formulate the inference: There is no effect in the cause, because it is unarisen, like the horn of a hare. If one says it has already arisen, then the effect of curd has already arisen; why then say that milk produces curd? Therefore it does not accord with reason; one should formulate the inference: All effects do not arise from causes, because they have already arisen, just like the characteristic of the cause. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1828.2.160) - [Next: 2.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1828.2.162) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1828.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1828~en-mt.2.161) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1828.2.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1828.2.161) · Pramāṇa