[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) › 4.34 # 注維摩詰經 4.34 注維摩詰經 4.34 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.4.34) 肇曰：如，非不生滅、非有生滅。非不生滅，故假以言記；非有生滅，以知無記。生曰：如是悟理之法，故即以明之也。理既已如，豈復有如之生滅哉？苟無生滅，與夫未體者不容有異，何得獨以為無上道之因耶？若非因者，不得以之受記也。 > \[Seng\]zhao says: Suchness is neither not arising and ceasing, nor does it have arising and ceasing. Because it is not devoid of arising and ceasing, one provisionally speaks of a prophecy; because it does not have arising and ceasing, one knows there is no prophecy. \[Dao\]sheng says: Suchness is the dharma of awakening to the principle; hence he directly clarifies it thereby. Once the principle is already such, how could there still be arising and ceasing of suchness? If it lacks arising and ceasing, it cannot be different from those who have not yet embodied it; how could it alone be taken as the cause of the unsurpassed Way? If it is not the cause, one cannot receive a prophecy by means of it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.4.33) - [Next: 4.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.4.35) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775~en-mt.4.34) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.4.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.4.34) · Pramāṇa