[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) › [大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736) › 36.50 # 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 36.50 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 36.50 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [36.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.36.50) 疏「初二句空觀，緣生無性故」等者，約三觀釋，皆初牒經摽觀、後句取經意釋成中觀。疏釋成中有二義釋次二句中道觀：一云「由觀前生滅一切諸法即無性故」者，一切法故非無，即無性故非有。由前但觀無性是空、但觀假名是假，今二相即，故非空非假，是中道義。此約即緣生法以明中道。二云「相體即是不生滅也」者，約三性義以辨中道。然無生多義，略有二種：一事無生，緣生之相即無生故；二理無生，圓成實體本不生故。今既經言該一切法，不揀相性，則相體皆無生矣。則遍計無生是空觀，緣生假有是假觀，緣生無生及圓成無生皆中道觀，則性相二宗三觀皆具。然此二偈亦可但為性空之觀，則初二句正辨性空，故言自性無所有；次假觀二句通妨，謂有難言：現見生滅，那言無生？故釋云：隨世假說耳。次二句中觀正示不生之理，依此釋者極順常解三論中意，而未得於龍樹玄旨，故疏取論三觀釋之。 > Regarding the Commentary's statement, "The first two lines are the contemplation of emptiness, because conditioned arising is without intrinsic nature," and so forth: these are explained in terms of the three contemplations; in each case, it first cites the sūtra to indicate the contemplation, and in the latter lines takes the sūtra's meaning to explain and establish the middle contemplation. In establishing this explanation, the Commentary has two meanings to explain the middle way contemplation of the next two lines: The first says: "Because by contemplating that all previously mentioned arising and ceasing dharmas are without nature..."—because they are all dharmas, they are not non-existent; because they are without nature, they are not existent. Because previously, contemplating only naturelessness was emptiness, and contemplating only conventional designation was conventionality; now the two are mutually identical, hence neither empty nor conventional: this is the meaning of the middle way. This clarifies the middle way in terms of the very dharmas of conditioned arising. The second says: "Characteristics and essence are precisely non-arising and non-ceasing"—this distinguishes the middle way in terms of the three natures. However, non-arising has many meanings, which can be summarized in two kinds: first, the non-arising of phenomena, because the characteristics of conditioned arising are precisely non-arising; second, the non-arising of principle, because the essence of the thoroughly established nature is fundamentally unborn. Now, since the sūtra speaks of covering all dharmas without distinguishing characteristics and nature, then both characteristics and essence are unarisen. Thus, the non-arising of the imagined nature is the contemplation of emptiness; the conventional existence of conditioned arising is the contemplation of conventionality; and the non-arising of conditioned arising along with the non-arising of the thoroughly established nature are both the contemplation of the middle way. Thus, the two systems of nature and characteristics both possess all three contemplations. However, these two verses can also be just the contemplation of nature-emptiness: the first two lines would directly distinguish nature-emptiness, hence saying "their intrinsic nature does not exist"; the next two lines on the contemplation of conventionality would resolve an objection, meaning there is an objection saying, "Since we visually perceive arising and ceasing, how can you say there is no arising?" Hence it explains: "It is merely spoken conventionally in accordance with the worldly." The next two lines on the middle contemplation directly show the principle of non-arising. Interpreting according to this aligns very well with the common understanding of the intention in the Madhyamaka treatises; yet it does not attain Nāgārjuna's profound purport, which is why the Commentary takes the three contemplations of the treatise to explain it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 36.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.36.49) - [Next: 36.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.36.51) - [Up: 36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.36) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736~en-mt.36.50) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.36.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.36.50) · Pramāṇa