[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) › 8.31 # 維摩經略疏 8.31 維摩經略疏 8.31 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.8.31) 「又問至不滅」，第六問答，猶屬第四誓願成捨無量心，即分別正念。初問「何法不生何法不滅」，正請分別不生滅相。次答「不善不生」，即是二正勤，遮二邊惡法不生；「善法不滅」，即是二正勤，集二善法不滅。惡法不生是斷德成，善法不滅是智德成。二乘人斷惡法不生，灰身滅智即是善法滅，此是思議解脫。今大乘不思議解脫即是依如來功德。但不生不滅有二種：一世諦、二真諦，此是世諦不生不滅。 > From "He also asked" to "non-extinction" is the sixth question and answer; it still belongs to the fourth vow completing the immeasurable mind of equanimity, namely differentiating correct mindfulness. First, asking "What phenomena do not arise, and what phenomena are not extinguished?" is directly requesting to differentiate the characteristics of non-arising and non-extinction. Next, the answer: "The unwholesome does not arise," which is the two right exertions that prevent the unwholesome phenomena of the two extremes from arising; "wholesome phenomena are not extinguished," which is the two right exertions that assemble the two wholesome phenomena so that they are not extinguished. When unwholesome phenomena do not arise, the virtue of severance is accomplished; when wholesome phenomena are not extinguished, the virtue of wisdom is accomplished. When people of the two vehicles sever unwholesome phenomena so they do not arise, reducing the body to ashes and annihilating consciousness, wholesome phenomena are extinguished; this is conceivable liberation. Now, the inconceivable liberation of the Mahāyāna relies precisely on the Tathāgata's merits. But non-arising and non-extinction are of two kinds: first, conventional truth; second, ultimate truth. This \[here\] is non-arising and non-extinction of conventional truth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.8.30) - [Next: 8.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.8.32) - [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.8.31) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [注維摩詰經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.6.175) — Classical Chinese - [淨名經集解關中疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2.99) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.8.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.8.31) · Pramāṇa