[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) › 9.379 # 注維摩詰經 9.379 注維摩詰經 9.379 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.379](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.9.379) 於意云何？譬如幻師幻作男女，寧沒生耶？舍利弗言：無沒生也。汝豈不聞，佛說諸法如幻相乎？答曰：如是。若一切法如幻相者，云何問言汝於何沒而來生此。 > What do you think? Just as an illusionist magically creates men and women, do they pass away and take birth?" Śāriputra said: "They do not pass away or take birth." \[Vimalakīrti said:\] "Have you not heard the Buddha declare that all phenomena are like illusory marks?" He answered: "Yes." \[Vimalakīrti said:\] "If all phenomena are like illusory marks, why do you ask, 'Where did you pass away to come and be born here?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.378](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.9.378) - [Next: 9.380](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.9.380) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775~en-mt.9.379) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [維摩詰所說經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.vimalakirtinirdesa*zh-kumarajiva.3.64) — Classical Chinese - [維摩經疏卷第三．第六](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2772.6.56) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.9.379](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.9.379) · Pramāṇa