[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) › 4.118 # 成唯識論演祕 4.118 成唯識論演祕 4.118 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1833.4.118) 答：若生報業，果未必遙；若後報業，果遠何感？如受非想八萬劫已後，方受彼人趣等報。報望昔因，隔八萬劫，豈匪遠耶？ > Answer: If it is karma with fruition in the next life, the fruit is not necessarily remote; but if it is karma with fruition in subsequent lives, when the fruit is remote, how could it induce it? For example, only after experiencing eighty thousand kalpas in \[the heaven of\] neither-perception-nor-non-perception does one then experience retribution in human or other destinies. Looking back from the retribution to the past cause, they are separated by eighty thousand kalpas—is that not remote? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1833.4.117) - [Next: 4.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1833.4.119) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1833.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1833~en-mt.4.118) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1833.4.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1833.4.118) · Pramāṇa