[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) › [成唯識論述記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1830) › 2.776 # 成唯識論述記 2.776 成唯識論述記 2.776 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.776](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1830.2.776) 述曰：生等假法，如龜毛等，體是無法，非因緣故。種子望法即是因緣，故體實有。問：生等既如無，應非行蘊攝。答：依法施設故，故是行蘊收。然法非果，生非是因，即於法上假施設故，亦有唯於現行等法，或種上立，故例不同。種子非現行，因、果差別故。 > The Commentary states: Nominal dharmas such as origination are like the hair of a tortoise: their substance is a nonexistent dharma, because they are not cause-and-condition. Seeds with respect to dharmas are precisely cause-and-condition; therefore, their substance is substantially existent. Question: Since origination and the like are like nonexistence, they should not be subsumed under the saṃskāra-skandha. Answer: Because they are designated depending on dharmas, they are included in the saṃskāra-skandha. However, dharmas are not effects, and origination is not a cause; they are merely nominally designated upon dharmas. There are also those established solely upon active phenomena and the like, or established upon seeds; hence the cases are not analogous. Seeds are not active phenomena, because there is a difference between cause and effect. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.775](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1830.2.775) - [Next: 2.777](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1830.2.777) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1830.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1830~en-mt.2.776) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1830.2.776](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1830.2.776) · Pramāṇa