[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) › [大般涅槃經集解](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763) › 64.70 # 大般涅槃經集解 64.70 大般涅槃經集解 64.70 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [64.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.64.70) 案僧亮曰：佛說業弱報遲者有中陰，業強報速者無中陰。而惑者聞有，謂一切有；聞無，言一切無，故起諍也。僧宗曰：第三諍論。佛說中陰為生陰，在方便也。若論下至阿毘、上極四空，此一向無中陰也。中間或有或無，此正義也。寶亮曰：言有言無，未必域判。但業有定不定，定者則有、不定者則無。若中道為論，亦有亦無也。 > Sengliang comments: The Buddha taught that those whose karma is weak and retribution is slow have an intermediate existence, while those whose karma is strong and retribution is swift have no intermediate existence. Yet confused people, hearing that it exists, say it exists for all; hearing that it does not exist, say it does not exist for all; hence dispute arose. Sengzong comments: The third disputatious argument. The Buddha's speaking of intermediate existence as the aggregate of birth is an upāya. If discussed, down to Avīci and up to the four formless realms, there is strictly no intermediate existence. In between, it may exist or may not exist; this is the correct principle. Baoliang comments: Speaking of existence or non-existence is not necessarily a rigid demarcation. Karma is simply either determinate or indeterminate: if determinate, it exists; if indeterminate, it does not exist. If discussed from the Middle Path, it both exists and does not exist. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 64.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.64.69) - [Next: 64.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.64.71) - [Up: 64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.64) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763~en-mt.64.70) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.64.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.64.70) · Pramāṇa