[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) › [注維摩詰經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775) › 2.146 # 注維摩詰經 2.146 注維摩詰經 2.146 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.2.146) 什曰：地無常主，強者得之。身亦無主，隨事而變，病至則惱、死至則滅，聚散隨緣，不得自在也。肇曰：夫萬事萬形皆四大成，在外則為土木山河、在內則為四支百體，聚而為生、散而為死，生則為內、死則為外，內外雖殊，然其大不異，故以內外四大類明無我也。如外地，古今相傳強者先宅，故無主也。身亦然耳，眾緣所成，緣合則起、緣散則離，何有真宰常主之者？主、壽、人是一我義立四名也。 > \[Kumāra\]jīva says: The earth has no constant master; the strong possess it. The body is also masterless, altering according to circumstance: when sickness arrives it is vexed, when death arrives it is extinguished; its gathering and dispersal follow conditions, without gaining self-mastery. \[Seng\]zhao says: The myriad matters and myriad forms are all composed of the four great elements. Externally they form earth, wood, mountains, and rivers; internally they form the four limbs and hundred members. Gathering, they constitute life; dispersing, they constitute death. Living, they are internal; dead, they are external. Although internal and external differ, their great elements are not distinct; hence, by matching internal and external four elements, he illuminates non-self. Like the external earth, passed down from antiquity to the present, whoever is strong first resides upon it; hence it has no master. The body is just like this: composed of myriad conditions, it arises when conditions combine and separates when conditions disperse. How could there be a true ruler constantly mastering it? 'Master', 'life-span', and 'person' are four designations established for the single concept of a self. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.2.145) - [Next: 2.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.2.147) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775~en-mt.2.146) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [淨名經集解關中疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.1.277) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.2.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.2.146) · Pramāṇa