[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) › [四明尊者教行錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937) › 2.63 # 四明尊者教行錄 2.63 四明尊者教行錄 2.63 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.2.63) 十六問：若云毒義雖成消義全闕者，今家應不合云：原乎因果根本，即是性德緣了。此之性德本自有之，非適今也。性德了因非理消義耶？性德緣因非伏義耶？ > Question 16: If you say that although the sense of poison is established, the sense of eradication is completely lacking, then our school should not say: 'Traced to their fundamental origin, cause and effect are none other than the conditioning and understanding \[causes\] of inherent virtue. This inherent virtue is fundamentally possessed originally; it does not just begin now.' Is not the understanding cause of inherent virtue the sense of theoretical eradication? Is not the conditioning cause of inherent virtue the sense of subduing? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.2.62) - [Next: 2.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.2.64) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937~en-mt.2.63) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.2.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.2.63) · Pramāṇa