[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) › [瑜伽師地論略纂](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1829) › 13.20 # 瑜伽師地論略纂 13.20 瑜伽師地論略纂 13.20 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [13.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1829.13.20) 論解第八識中，「謂臨終時乃至不應道理」者，如第一卷，從上捨，從下捨，皆至心處，方後捨也。言「非彼意識有時不轉」者，若第八識通執身分，捨上分時，下分未捨，有轉有不轉義。若第六識，義不必然，緣餘境故，非有處不起故，非能執持。又若第八，緣境微細，於臨終時，緣境不可知。若第六識，緣境行麁，若第六識能捨命，行相應麁，以非彼意識有時不轉。應立量云：命終時識緣境應知，第六識故，由如餘位。應更總非第六意識而能捨命，量云：第六意識非捨壽心，轉識攝故，由如五識。故知第八，義得成立。　上來答第二、有之因緣竟，自下答廣分別義。 > Regarding the treatise's explanation of the eighth consciousness, "at the time of approaching death, \[...\] is unreasonable": as stated in the first fascicle, whether withdrawing from above or withdrawing from below, it always reaches the heart before finally relinquishing. Regarding the words "it is not that that mental consciousness at times does not operate": if it is the eighth consciousness, it universally appropriates the parts of the body; when it relinquishes the upper part, the lower part is not yet relinquished, so it has the meaning of both operating and not operating. If it is the sixth consciousness, the meaning is not necessarily so, because it cognizes other objects, and it is not the case that it does not arise in some places; hence it cannot uphold \[the body\]. Furthermore, if it is the eighth, its cognition of objects is subtle; at the time of death, its cognition of objects is unknowable. If it is the sixth consciousness, its cognition of objects and its mode of activity are coarse; if the sixth consciousness could relinquish life, its mode of activity should be coarse, for it is not the case that that mental consciousness at times does not operate. One should formulate an inference: "The consciousness at the time of death must have an object of cognition that is known (thesis), because it is the sixth consciousness (reason), just like in other states (example)." One should further universally deny that the sixth mental consciousness can relinquish life, with the inference: "The sixth mental consciousness is not the mind that relinquishes life-span (thesis), because it is subsumed under the evolving consciousnesses (pravṛttivijñāna) (reason), just like the five consciousnesses (example)." Therefore, we know that the meaning of the eighth consciousness is successfully established. Above, the answer to the second point—the causes and conditions for its existence—is completed. Below, the answer to the broad differentiation of its meanings begins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 13.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1829.13.19) - [Next: 13.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1829.13.21) - [Up: 13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1829.13) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1829~en-mt.13.20) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [瑜伽論記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1828.13.93) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1829.13.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1829.13.20) · Pramāṇa