<!-- Pramāṇa, a library of Indian primary sources · https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.8.56 -->

[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) › 8.56

# 注維摩詰經 8.56

注維摩詰經 8.56

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [8.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.8.56)

什曰：無常是空之初門，破法不盡，名為不盡。若乃至一念不住則無有生，無有生則生盡，生盡則畢竟空，是名為盡也。

> \[Kumāra\]jīva says: Impermanence is the primary gate to emptiness. When it does not completely destroy dharmas, this is called 'non-exhaustion'. If not even a single thought abides, then there is no arising; if there is no arising, then arising is exhausted; when arising is exhausted, there is ultimate emptiness. This is called 'exhaustion'.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

- [Previous: 8.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.8.55)
- [Next: 8.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.8.57)
- [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.8)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775~en-mt.8.56) — English, machine translation

---
Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.8.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.8.56) · Pramāṇa
