[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) › 8.11 # 維摩經略疏 8.11 維摩經略疏 8.11 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.8.11) 「如第五大至為若此」此五譬，二、明觀眾生真諦空也。上來諸譬譬觀眾生無有定性，不妨有顛倒所見幻響眾生。今此五譬明眾生如龜毛兔角皆不可得，非但無眾生亦無實法，言語道斷心行處滅，如第五大等無此道理，是觀眾生入真畢竟，不見眾生相也。 > From 'like a fifth great element' up to 'in this manner' are these five analogies; the second part explains contemplating sentient beings as empty according to ultimate truth. The preceding analogies analogized that contemplating sentient beings has no fixed nature, not preventing there being illusory, echo-like sentient beings seen through inverted \[views\]. Now, these five analogies explain that sentient beings are like turtle fur and rabbit horns, all ungraspable; not only are there no sentient beings, there are also no real phenomena—the path of language is cut off, and the sphere of mental activity ceases. Just as with a fifth great element and the like there is no such principle, this is contemplating sentient beings as entering the ultimate realm to the very end, not seeing any characteristics of sentient beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.8.10) - [Next: 8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.8.12) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778~en-mt.8.11) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.8.11) · Pramāṇa