[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) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1828~en-mt) › 3.167 # 瑜伽論記 3.167 English (machine translation) 3.167 - **Language:** English ### [3.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1828~en-mt.3.167) "Because this exists, that exists" reveals the meaning of condition-arising without agency. "Because this arises, that arises" reveals the meaning of condition-arising through impermanence. "Not otherwise" means that solely due to the existence of conditions can resultant phenomena exist; it is not that conditions have real agency capable of producing resultant phenomena, nor is it that non-arising phenomena act as causes whereby anything produced is established. The two kinds—actionlessness and impermanence—serve as conditions, and it is not that other agency and non-arising phenomena serve as causes; hence it says "not otherwise." This excludes \[the views that\] Īśvara and the like possess real agency and the imputation that the unconditioned can serve as dependent origination, thereby explaining its name. - [Previous: 3.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1828~en-mt.3.166) - [Next: 3.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1828~en-mt.3.168) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1828~en-mt.3) ## Linked texts (1) - [瑜伽論記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1828.3.167) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1828~en-mt.3.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1828~en-mt.3.167) · Pramāṇa