[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) › 9.12 # 維摩經略疏 9.12 維摩經略疏 9.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.9.12) 問：十二因緣法性皆是正因，觀因緣智通是了因，助修之善並是緣因。何以偏判各有所屬？答：義有通別。若如所問乃是通義，別對不爾。法性五陰有無明惡業即成生死五陰，如陰氣起水結成氷。無明轉為明、不善成善，即顯五陰成五種涅槃，如陽氣起則氷還成水。 > Question: The dharma-nature of the twelve links of dependent origination is entirely the direct cause; the wisdom that contemplates dependent origination is universally the revelatory cause; and the virtues of auxiliary cultivation are all the conditional cause. Why make a specific determination where each belongs? Answer: The meaning has both universal and specific aspects. As you have asked, that is the universal meaning; specific correlations are not like that. When the five aggregates of dharma-nature possess ignorance and evil karma, they become the five aggregates of saṃsāra, just as when yin qi arises, water congeals into ice. When ignorance transforms into clarity and non-virtue becomes virtue, the five aggregates are manifested as the five kinds of nirvāṇa, just as when yang qi arises, the ice turns back into water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.9.11) - [Next: 9.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.9.13) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778~en-mt.9.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.9.12) · Pramāṇa