[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) › [金剛經纂要刊定記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1702) › 7.3 # 金剛經纂要刊定記 7.3 金剛經纂要刊定記 7.3 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1702.7.3) 不斷等者。意云：生死本空猶如影像，影像不有復何斷焉？今言不斷者，非謂固留，但了性不有、了相不無，隨順俗諦故云不斷。此即通達之義。 > "Not severing..." and so forth means: saṃsāra is originally empty like a reflection; if a reflection does not exist, what is there to sever? Saying "not severing" now does not mean stubbornly retaining it; it simply means understanding that its nature is non-existent while its marks are not non-existent, and conforming to conventional truth; hence it is called "not severing". This is the meaning of thorough penetration. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1702.7.2) - [Next: 7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1702.7.4) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1702.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1702~en-mt.7.3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1702.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1702.7.3) · Pramāṇa