[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) › 8.18 # 維摩經略疏 8.18 維摩經略疏 8.18 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.8.18) 「行寂滅慈至如虛空故」此九句，二、約真斷德明慈。一一句皆先云若觀眾生入空得至中道，次依句消釋。「行寂滅慈無所生故」者，若見眾生中道即見諸法本自寂滅，以本無二邊紛動之相，中道寂滅此即真慈，即真生不生之理。若見此理二邊皆斷，故言無所生也。 > The nine lines from "practicing quiescent loving-kindness... to because it is like empty space" are the second \[part\], explaining loving-kindness in terms of true virtue of severance. For each and every phrase, one must first state that if one contemplates sentient beings, entering emptiness, one reaches the Middle Way; next, one analyzes and explains line by line. As for "practicing quiescent loving-kindness because there is nothing produced": if one sees the Middle Way of sentient beings, one sees all dharmas as fundamentally quiescent; because fundamentally there are no agitated marks of the two extremes, the quiescence of the Middle Way is true loving-kindness, which is the principle of true production being non-production. If one sees this principle, both extremes are severed; hence it says "there is nothing produced." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.8.17) - [Next: 8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.8.19) - [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.8.18) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.8.18) · Pramāṇa