[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) › 8.38 # 維摩經略疏 8.38 維摩經略疏 8.38 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.8.38) 問：無住即是無始無明者，何故名無始？答：身見等惑皆有所依而起，起則有始。此無所依，起亦無始，故言無始無明即是無住。此有二解：亦言無住亦言有住，亦言無本亦言有本。何故爾？若撿五住之本，前身見等皆約煩惱為本，故有始有住。今無明之外無復煩惱為無明本，故言無本，無本故無始無住，故言無住則無本。 > Question: If the non-abiding is beginningless ignorance, why is it named "beginningless"? Answer: Defilements such as the view of individuality all arise in dependence on something, and what arises has a beginning. This \[ignorance\] has nothing on which to rely, and its arising likewise has no beginning; hence it is called beginningless ignorance, which is the non-abiding. There are two explanations of this: it is called both non-abiding and having an abiding, and it is called both baseless and having a basis. Why is this? If we examine the basis of the five entrenchments, the preceding \[four\], beginning with the view of individuality, all take afflictions as their basis, and therefore they have a beginning and have an abiding. Now, outside of ignorance, there is no further affliction that serves as the basis for ignorance; hence it is said to have no basis. Having no basis, it is therefore beginningless and non-abiding. Hence it is said, "The non-abiding has no basis." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.8.37) - [Next: 8.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.8.39) - [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.8.38) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.8.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.8.38) · Pramāṇa