[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) › 4.96 # 成唯識論了義燈 4.96 成唯識論了義燈 4.96 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1832.4.96) 論：故展轉作等無間緣者。問：心、心所法多少起而得說為緣？何妨諸識多少生，亦復得為緣？質云：諸識前後多少起，相望得成緣，色法多少生前後，亦成無間緣？彼復質云：諸識多少起，例同色不成緣，汝諸心所多少生，亦應同色不成緣？解云：心、心所法和合似一，共辨一事得互為緣，諸識不然，何得互為緣。 > The Śāstra states: "Therefore, they reciprocally serve as equal-immediate conditions." Question: How many minds and mental factors can arise together and still be said to serve as conditions? What prevents multiple consciousnesses from arising together and likewise serving as conditions? One might challenge: The various consciousnesses arise prior and subsequent in various numbers and, looking to one another, succeed in forming conditions; when material dharmas arise prior and subsequent in various numbers, do they also form immediate conditions? The other party challenges again: When various consciousnesses arise in various numbers, if by analogy with form they do not form conditions, then when your various mental factors arise in various numbers, should they not also, like form, fail to form conditions? The explanation is: Mind and mental factors harmonize and appear as one, working together to achieve a single task, so they can mutually serve as conditions; the various consciousnesses are not like this, so how could they mutually serve as conditions? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1832.4.95) - [Next: 4.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1832.4.97) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1832.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1832~en-mt.4.96) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1832.4.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1832.4.96) · Pramāṇa