[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) › 53.37 # 宗鏡錄 53.37 宗鏡錄 53.37 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [53.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.53.37) 問。若無外境。應無現量能覺之心。若無現量能覺。云何世人作如是覺。我今現證如是境耶。 > Question: If there are no external objects, there should be no mind capable of perceiving by direct perception. If there is no capable perceiver of direct perception, how do worldly people form such an apprehension, thinking: 'I now directly experience such an object'? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 53.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.53.36) - [Next: 53.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.53.38) - [Up: 53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.53) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.53.37) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.53.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.53.37) · Pramāṇa