[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) › 70.23 # 宗鏡錄 70.23 宗鏡錄 70.23 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [70.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.70.23) 頌答云。決定相隨故。俱時亦作緣。或前為後緣。引彼功能故。境相與識。定相隨故。雖俱時起。亦作識緣。而外諸法。理非有故。定應許在識非餘。此根功能。與前境色。從無始際。展轉為因。如是諸識。唯內境相。為所緣緣。理善成立。 > The verse answers: "Because they definitely accompany each other, / they also act as a condition when simultaneous; / or the preceding acts as a condition for the subsequent, / because it induces that function." Because the objective characteristic and consciousness definitely accompany each other, although they arise simultaneously, it also acts as a condition for consciousness. And because external phenomena are logically non-existent, it must definitely be admitted that it resides in consciousness and not elsewhere. This sense-faculty's function and the preceding objective form have, from beginningless time, mutually served as causes. In this way, for all consciousnesses, only the internal objective characteristic serves as the cognitive condition; the principle is well established. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 70.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.70.22) - [Next: 70.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.70.24) - [Up: 70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.70) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.70.23) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [觀所緣緣論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.darsana.pramana.alambanapariksa!vrtti*zh-xuanzang.1.17) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.70.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.70.23) · Pramāṇa