[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) › 5.145 # 維摩經略疏 5.145 維摩經略疏 5.145 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.5.145) 「若過至無住」，二、正破三世得記。「若過去生，過去生已滅」者，身之與善二俱滅謝，已滅之法無身無善，何得受記？若約現在取過去善受未來記者，何不於過去授記而現在記耶？「若未來生，未來生未至」者，未來之善未有，若未來已有者，應名已來，不名未來。若未有則無身無善，何得約未來而授記也？若約未來，未來未有得現在記者，眾生亦爾應授記。「若現在生，現在生無住」者，現在意善隨心而生，心念滅善亦隨滅，滅識不至未來，何得用現在善受未來記？此破三世有也。若無過未，何得用過去世善受記？若言現在是有，得約現在受記者，現在無住，生而即滅。尚不能自住，何得善至未來而約現在受未來記？復次三世皆空，尚無三世，何得約三世受記？空無受記，而計有者即是顛倒。顛倒得記者，一切眾生悉皆顛倒，亦應與記。此破三世無也。 > From "If past, up to, has no abiding," second, directly refuting the attainment of prophecy across the three periods of time. Regarding "If past birth, past birth has already perished": both body and good have perished and ceased; a dharma that has already ceased has neither body nor good, so how could it receive a prophecy? If, on the basis of the present, one takes past good to receive a future prophecy, why was the prophecy not bestowed in the past rather than the present? Regarding "If future birth, future birth has not yet arrived": future good does not yet exist; if it already existed in the future, it should be called "already arrived" rather than "future." If it does not yet exist, then there is neither body nor good, so how could a prophecy be bestowed in terms of the future? If, in terms of the future, what does not yet exist in the future could receive a present prophecy, sentient beings likewise ought to receive a prophecy. Regarding "If present birth, present birth has no abiding": present mental good arises along with the mind; when the thought perishes, the good perishes along with it; perished consciousness does not reach the future, so how could one use present good to receive a future prophecy? This refutes the existence of the three periods of time. If past and future do not exist, how could one use past good to receive a prophecy? If one says that the present exists and that on the basis of the present one may receive a prophecy, the present has no abiding, arising and instantly perishing. If it cannot even abide itself, how could good reach the future such that, on the basis of the present, one receives a future prophecy? Furthermore, the three periods of time are all empty; since the three periods do not even exist, how could one receive a prophecy on the basis of the three periods? In emptiness there is no receiving of prophecy; to conceptualize existence is delusion. If the deluded could receive a prophecy, all sentient beings are entirely deluded and should likewise be given a prophecy. This refutes the nonexistence of the three periods of time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.5.144) - [Next: 5.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.5.146) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778~en-mt.5.145) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.5.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.5.145) · Pramāṇa