[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) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt) › 48.44 # 宗鏡錄 48.44 English (machine translation) 48.44 - **Language:** English ### [48.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.48.44) Question: If one says that it must be in harmony and in the same place with that which is perfumed before it can be called an active perfumer, then when descendants perform meritorious deeds for their living or deceased parents and for earlier deceased sons and grandsons, this too is perfuming another's consciousness, since they obtain merit; how can this not be accepted? - [Previous: 48.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.48.43) - [Next: 48.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.48.45) - [Up: 48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.48) ## Linked texts (1) - [宗鏡錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.48.44) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.48.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.48.44) · Pramāṇa