[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) › 8.185 # 法苑珠林 8.185 法苑珠林 8.185 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.8.185) 又問彌勒。心有所念幾念幾相識耶。彌勒言。舉手彈指之頃。三十二億百千念。念念成形。形皆有識。識念極微細不可執持。佛之威神入彼微識。皆令得度此識教化非無識也。 > He also asked Maitreya: 'When the mind has a thought, how many thoughts and how many marks of consciousness are there?' Maitreya said: 'In the time of raising a hand and snapping the fingers, there are thirty-two hundred million hundred-thousand thoughts; in each thought, a form is produced; in each form, there is consciousness. The consciousness and thoughts are extremely subtle and cannot be grasped. The majestic spiritual power of the Buddha enters those subtle consciousnesses, enabling all to attain deliverance; this consciousness is taught and converted, and is not without consciousness.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.8.184) - [Next: 8.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.8.186) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.8.185) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [菩薩從兜術天降神母胎說廣普經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.384.2.47) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.8.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.8.185) · Pramāṇa