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金剛經纂要刊定記 2.68

金剛經纂要刊定記 2.68

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2.68

言有者。有生有滅也。謂諸法緣會而生,緣離則滅。如馬勝比丘為舍利弗說偈曰:「諸法從緣生,緣離法即滅,如是滅與生,沙門如是說。」空者既屬因緣,則知無體,無體即空義也。故《中論》云:「因緣所生法,我說即是空。」假者如鏡像水月,雖則不實,緣會不得不現。故《淨名》云:「是身如影,從業緣現。」

Speaking of "existence": it has arising and ceasing. This means that phenomena arise when conditions assemble, and cease when conditions disperse. As the monk Aśvajit spoke in verse for Śāriputra: "All phenomena arise from conditions; / when conditions disperse, phenomena cease. / Such ceasing and arising / the Śramaṇa has declared." As for "śūnyatā": since they belong to causes and conditions, one knows they lack intrinsic substance; lacking intrinsic substance is the meaning of śūnyatā. Therefore the *Madhyamaka-śāstra* says: "Whatever phenomenon is produced by causes and conditions, / that I declare to be precisely śūnyatā." As for "conventional designation": like an image in a mirror or the moon in water, although unreal, when conditions assemble, they cannot but appear. Therefore the *Vimalakīrti* says: "This body is like a shadow, / appearing from karma and conditions."

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