[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) › 72.17 # 宗鏡錄 72.17 宗鏡錄 72.17 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [72.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.72.17) 答。彼先滅時。已於今識為開導故。意云。彼前念心王臨欲滅時。有其力用。能引後念令生。作此功能了。便滅。即現在一念有行後功能。以為法體。非取過去已滅無體法為依。 > Answer: When it previously ceased, it had already provided opening and guidance for the present consciousness. The meaning is: when that preceding consciousness-king was about to cease, it had the power and function to lead the succeeding moment to arise; having performed this function, it then ceased. Thus, the present single moment having the function of setting into motion the succeeding \[moment\] is taken as the dharma-essence; it does not take past, already ceased dharmas devoid of entity as the basis. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 72.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.72.16) - [Next: 72.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.72.18) - [Up: 72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.72) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.72.17) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.72.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.72.17) · Pramāṇa