[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) › [宗鏡錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016) › 48.17 # 宗鏡錄 48.17 宗鏡錄 48.17 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [48.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.48.17) 答。謂從無始時來。此身與種子。俱時而有。如外草木等種。又古德解熏種義。諸法雖有新舊二種。當生現時。或從新生。或從舊生。名為二種。非謂二種於一念中。同生一現。若爾。即有多種共生一芽之過。以此准知色等相分種。並同於此。 > Answer: It means that from beginningless time, this body and the seeds have existed simultaneously, like the seeds of external grass and trees. Furthermore, an ancient master explained the meaning of perfuming seeds: 'Although dharmas have two kinds, new and old, when they are to produce the actualized, they either arise from the new or arise from the old, and thus are named two kinds of seeds. It does not mean that the two kinds simultaneously produce a single actualized \[state\] in one moment. If that were so, there would be the fault of multiple seeds co-producing a single sprout. By this, one should know that the seeds of the nimittabhāga of form and so forth are all the same as this.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 48.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.48.16) - [Next: 48.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.48.18) - [Up: 48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.48) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.48.17) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.48.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.48.17) · Pramāṇa