[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) › 3.20 # 瑜伽師地論略纂 3.20 瑜伽師地論略纂 3.20 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1829.3.20) 「若言異者，彼顯為無因耶」等者，問果顯時，有因無因。無因，量云：果法先來應顯，顯無因故，如後顯時；或今應不顯，顯無因故，如未顯時。 > Regarding "If you say they are different, does that manifestation lack a cause?" and so forth: this asks whether, when the effect becomes manifest, it has a cause or lacks a cause. If it lacks a cause, the formal inference is: "The phenomenon of the effect should have been manifest from the beginning; because manifestation lacks a cause; just like at the time of subsequent manifestation." Or: "It should not be manifest now; because manifestation lacks a cause; just like at the time when it was not yet manifest." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1829.3.19) - [Next: 3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1829.3.21) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1829.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1829~en-mt.3.20) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [瑜伽論記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1828.2.173) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1829.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1829.3.20) · Pramāṇa