[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) › [法界次第初門](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925) › 2.86 # 法界次第初門 2.86 法界次第初門 2.86 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.2.86) 四、宿命通。修宿命通者，若於深禪定中發宿命智，即能知自過去一世、二世、百千萬世乃至八萬大劫宿命及所行之事，亦能知六道眾生所有宿命及所作之事，是為宿命智也。 > Fourth, the superknowledge of past lives. As for cultivating the superknowledge of past lives: if, in deep dhyāna attainment, knowledge of past lives arises, one can then know one's own past life for one lifetime, two lifetimes, hundreds, thousands, and myriads of lifetimes, up to eighty thousand great eons of past lives and the deeds performed, and can also know all the past lives of sentient beings in the six destinies and the deeds performed \[by them\]. This is the knowledge of past lives. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.2.85) - [Next: 2.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.2.87) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925~en-mt.2.86) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.2.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.2.86) · Pramāṇa