[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) › 78.35 # 宗鏡錄 78.35 English (machine translation) 78.35 - **Language:** English ### [78.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.78.35) The verse answers: / 'Death depends on another's mind, / And also depends on one's own mind; / Dependent on various causes and conditions, / One's own mental consciousness is ruined and lost.' / The explanation states: For example, when a person is possessed by a demon, a piśāca, or the like, on that account they lose their mind. Or it may depend on their own mind, and on that account they lose their mind. Or someone may remember pleasant or unpleasant events, and on that account lose their mind. Or someone may dream of being possessed by a demon and lose their mind. Or through the transformations wrought by a sage's supernatural powers, another person loses their mind. Just as a certain monk who stepped on an eggplant peel at night, thought he had killed a toad, and upon dying fell into an evil destiny. Therefore it is said that 'Death depends on another's mind, and also depends on one's own mind.' Because, relying on the rishi's mind of anger—due to anger toward the asura king Vemacitra—he killed other sentient beings; this depended on another's mind. The minds of those other sentient beings made false discriminations, their life-faculties perished, and their bodily life was broken off in continuity. It should be understood in this way. A verse says: / 'The sūtra speaks of Daṇḍaka, / Kaliṅga, and the realm of Mātaṅga; / Through the rishi's anger they became empty, / Therefore mental karma is the weightiest.' - [Previous: 78.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.78.34) - [Next: 78.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.78.36) - [Up: 78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.78) ## Linked texts (1) - [宗鏡錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.78.35) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.78.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.78.35) · Pramāṇa