[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) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 69.31 # 法苑珠林 69.31 法苑珠林 69.31 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [69.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.69.31) 第十七中陰有道相續者。若弗婆提人生瞿陀尼。有何等相。瞿陀尼人生弗婆提。復有何相。如是二天下人。彼此互生。皆以一相。臨命終時見黑闇窟。於此窟中有赤電光。下垂如幡。或赤或白。其人見之以手攬捉。現陰即滅。以手接幡。次第緣幡。入此窟中。受中陰身。近於生陰。見受生法亦如前說。或見二牛。或見二馬。愛染交會即生欲心。既生欲心即受生陰。是名第十七中陰有也。 > Regarding the seventeenth intermediate existence's path of succession: If a person of Pūrvavideha is to be born in Godānīya, what signs are there? If a person of Godānīya is to be born in Pūrvavideha, what signs are there again? When the people of these two continents are mutually reborn into each other, it is always with one and the same sign: when approaching the end of life, they see a dark cave, and within this cave is red lightning hanging down like a banner, either red or white. The person, seeing it, reaches out with their hands to grasp it; the present existence is destroyed, and catching the banner with their hands and climbing along it in succession, they enter this cave and take an intermediate existence body. Approaching the rebirth-existence, the manner of taking rebirth is also as previously explained: either seeing two cattle or seeing two horses coupling in attachment, lustful desire arises in them. Once lustful desire arises, they immediately receive the rebirth-existence. This is called the seventeenth intermediate existence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 69.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.69.30) - [Next: 69.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.69.32) - [Up: 69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.69) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.69.31) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.12.97) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.69.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.69.31) · Pramāṇa