[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) › [成唯識論了義燈](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1832) › 3.9 # 成唯識論了義燈 3.9 成唯識論了義燈 3.9 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1832.3.9) 西明釋云：滅相是假，行蘊所攝。假依現實，實在過去。若說現在，應依異世，此意滅相。論說後一是無，故是過去。若說依現，異世相依。自釋難云：若依過去，便無所依。答云：如比量中，立法無者，彼因依無，亦得成立。非如有量，因必有依。滅相是無，依無何失。 > The Ximing commentary explains: The characteristic of cessation is nominal, subsumed under the saṃskāra-skandha. As a designation, it relies on a present reality, but in reality it resides in the past. If one speaks of it as present, it would rely on a different time-period; this means the characteristic of cessation. The treatise says that the last one is non-existence, so it is the past. If one speaks of it as relying on the present, it would be mutual dependence across different time-periods. He answers his own objection, saying: If it relies on the past, then it would lack a locus of reliance. He answers: Just as in a formal inference, when establishing that a property is non-existent, that reason, though relying on non-existence, can also be established. It is not like an existent inference, where the reason must have an existent basis. The characteristic of cessation is non-existent; what fault is there in relying on non-existence? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1832.3.8) - [Next: 3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1832.3.10) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1832.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1832~en-mt.3.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1832.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1832.3.9) · Pramāṇa