[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) › 51.8 # 宗鏡錄 51.8 宗鏡錄 51.8 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [51.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.51.8) 問。阿賴耶識。當體是自相。酬善惡因故是果相。受熏持種故是因相。第八既是因果相。於六因中屬何因。向五果中是何果。 > Question: The ālayavijñāna in its very substance is the self-characteristic; because it recompenses good and bad causes, it is the result-characteristic; because it receives perfuming and holds seeds, it is the cause-characteristic. Since the eighth consciousness possesses both cause and result characteristics, among the six causes, to which causes does it belong? And among the five results, which result is it? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 51.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.51.7) - [Next: 51.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.51.9) - [Up: 51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.51) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.51.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.51.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.51.8) · Pramāṇa