[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) › [成唯識論演祕](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1833) › 3.185 # 成唯識論演祕 3.185 成唯識論演祕 3.185 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1833.3.185) 此釋應善，省諸過故。有義：但緣種體隨有功能皆能緣之，所以者何？若善種子差別功能，由性別故說不緣者，應漏善、惡所熏成種皆通二性，體是無記，用善、惡分。既不如是，何言體同本識無記說是所緣，用通善等非所緣耶？若言一種體、用別故，通二性者，若爾，論說因果俱善，豈唯約用？又體不離識善等種，體名為無記，用不離體，隨體無記，故種體、用俱識所緣，體、用俱是善等所生，能生善等，俱善等攝。 > This explanation should be sound, because it eliminates various errors. There is an opinion: It simply cognizes the substance of the seed, and whatever function it has, it can cognize all of it. Why is this? If the distinct functions of wholesome seeds were said not to be cognized because their natures are different, then the seeds perfumed by sāsrava wholesomeness and unwholesomeness would both have to partake of two natures: their substance being avyākṛta, and their function divided into wholesome and unwholesome. Since that is not the case, how could it be said that their substance is avyākṛta like the root consciousness and thus is an object of cognition, while their function partakes of wholesomeness, etc., and is not an object of cognition? If it is said that because the substance and function of a single seed are distinct, it partakes of two natures: if so, when the treatises say that cause and fruit are both wholesome, could that only be with reference to the function? Furthermore, the substance is not separate from the consciousness, and the substance of wholesome seeds, etc., is called avyākṛta; the function is not separate from the substance, and accords with the substance being avyākṛta; therefore, both the substance and function of the seed are objects cognized by the consciousness; both substance and function are produced by wholesomeness, etc., and capable of producing wholesomeness, etc., and are both subsumed under wholesomeness, etc. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1833.3.184) - [Next: 3.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1833.3.186) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1833.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1833~en-mt.3.185) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1833.3.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1833.3.185) · Pramāṇa