[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) › [維摩經略疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778) › 1.65 # 維摩經略疏 1.65 維摩經略疏 1.65 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.1.65) 問：聲聞經說須依念處。摩訶衍教無生入道，豈須念處有所觀耶？答：大乘有無生無量無作念處，若離此三則無正觀。但佛教雖多不出半滿，生滅念處即是半字，三種念處即是滿字。半枯滿榮，枯榮中間得見佛性，住大涅槃名諸佛法界。出念處外無入道法，故佛遺囑令依念處。 > Question: The Śrāvaka sūtras say one must rely on the stations of mindfulness. But since the Mahāyāna teaching enters the path through non-arising, does it really require the stations of mindfulness to have something to contemplate? > Answer: The Mahāyāna has the non-arising, immeasurable, and unconditioned stations of mindfulness; if one departs from these three, then there is no correct contemplation. Although the Buddha's teachings are many, they do not exceed the partial and the complete: the stations of mindfulness of arising and perishing are the partial word (half-letter), while the three kinds of stations of mindfulness are the complete word (full-letter). The partial is withered and the complete is flourishing; between the withered and the flourishing, one sees the buddha-nature and abides in the great nirvāṇa, which is called the realm of phenomena of all buddhas. Outside the stations of mindfulness there is no method for entering the path; therefore, the Buddha's testamentary bequest instructed them to rely on the stations of mindfulness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.1.64) - [Next: 1.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.1.66) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778~en-mt.1.65) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.1.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.1.65) · Pramāṇa