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# 宗鏡錄 4.9

English (machine translation) 4.9

- **Language:** English

### [4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.4.9)

Answer: The first five consciousnesses have four minds, excluding the seeking mind, because they lack conceptual discrimination. The sixth possesses all five minds. The seventh lacks the two minds of spontaneity and seeking, but possesses the three minds of determination, defilement/purity, and outflowing-in-continuity; because the seventh constantly conditions present objects, it lacks spontaneity.

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