[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) › [仁王般若經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1707) › 3.25 # 仁王般若經疏 3.25 仁王般若經疏 3.25 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1707.3.25) 文云有本自無者，明自性本來空也。因緣成諸者，明因緣空也。因緣之法由若空華，但有假名而無其實也。正觀云因緣生法即是空也。盛者必衰者，此是始終空也。眾生虛妄橫計為有，諦實而觀始終皆不可得也。實者必虛者，眾生計我為實，實相刀切身，無常即壞，即是實者必虛也。眾生蠢蠢都如幻居者，明生空也。聲響俱空者，明相空。響但有相貌無實，故云相空。聞響者是耳，根壞顛倒聽，例如空華旋火輪等。次兩偈明無我，初句就心明無我。心非形相，故言無形也。 > The text saying “existence is originally devoid of \[inherent\] nature” explains that intrinsic nature is originally empty. “Through causes and conditions all things are accomplished” explains the emptiness of causes and conditions. The phenomena of causes and conditions are like sky-flowers, having only provisional names without real substance. Correct contemplation says that phenomena arisen from causes and conditions are precisely empty. “That which flourishes must decline” is emptiness from beginning to end. Sentient beings falsely and arbitrarily reckon things as existent, but when contemplating them truly and accurately, they cannot be grasped from beginning to end. “That which is real must prove hollow”: sentient beings reckon the self as real, but when the knife of dharmatā cuts into the body, impermanence immediately destroys it, which is precisely “that which is real must prove hollow.” “Sentient beings, teeming and restless, are entirely like dwellings in an illusion” explains the emptiness of sentient beings. “Sound and echo are both empty” explains the emptiness of characteristics. An echo has only an appearance but no real substance, hence it is called the emptiness of characteristics. That which hears an echo is the ear; when the sense organ is impaired, there is inverted listening, by analogy with sky-flowers, a whirling firebrand, and so forth. The next two verses explain non-self; the first line explains non-self with respect to the mind. The mind has no physical form, hence it says “formless.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1707.3.24) - [Next: 3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1707.3.26) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1707.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1707~en-mt.3.25) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1707.3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1707.3.25) · Pramāṇa