[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) › 63.9 # 宗鏡錄 63.9 宗鏡錄 63.9 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [63.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.63.9) 問曰。若彼主等。非是眾生。不作罪業。不生彼者。云何天中得有畜生。此以何義。如彼中有種種鳥。諸畜生等。生在彼處。於地獄中。何故不爾。畜生餓鬼。種種雜生。令彼為主。 > Question: If those masters and the like are not sentient beings, do not create sinful karma, and are not born there, how is it that there can be animals in the heavens? What does this mean? For instance, there are various birds and diverse animals born in that place \[in heaven\]. Why is it not likewise in hell, where animals and hungry ghosts of various kinds are born and made to be the masters? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 63.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.63.8) - [Next: 63.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.63.10) - [Up: 63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.63) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.63.9) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [唯識論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.darsana.yogacara.vimsatika!vrtti*zh-gautama-prajnaruci.1.13) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.63.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.63.9) · Pramāṇa