[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) › 54.18 # 宗鏡錄 54.18 宗鏡錄 54.18 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [54.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.54.18) 問曰。若眼等諸根無有本住者。眼等一一根。云何能知塵。若一切眼耳等諸根。苦樂等諸法無本住者。今一一根。云何能知塵。眼耳等諸根無思惟。不應有知。而實知塵。當知離眼耳等諸根。更有能知塵者。 > Question: If the sense faculties such as the eye have no primordial abode, how can each individual faculty, such as the eye, know sense objects? If all the faculties such as the eye and ear, and all phenomena such as pain and pleasure, have no primordial abode, how does each individual faculty now know sense objects? The faculties such as the eye and ear have no thought; they should not possess knowledge, yet in fact they know sense objects. Thus one should know that, apart from the faculties such as the eye and ear, there must be another knower of sense objects. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 54.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.54.17) - [Next: 54.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.54.19) - [Up: 54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.54) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.54.18) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [中論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.darsana.madhyamaka.mmk!pingala*zh-kumarajiva.2.151) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.54.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.54.18) · Pramāṇa