[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) › 9.68 # 維摩經略疏 9.68 維摩經略疏 9.68 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.9.68) 問：若爾者，三藏中有有為生滅、有無為不生不滅門，與此不生不滅何異？答：三藏所說非生非滅門，此乃悟有作四諦偏真之理，計有涅槃染著於法，非悟中道佛性雙亡有無不生不滅之門。復次通教四門者，體色如幻化鏡像，四句叵得而說為生者，猶如幻化假說為生，如鏡中像滅假說為滅。不同外像計性生滅，但假說生滅耳，是名通教中有門。空門者，即幻色是空，不待幻滅為空。亦有亦無門者，幻色不可見而見、見而不可見，即是亦有亦無門。非生非滅門者，幻生尚不可得，何況有幻滅。生滅不可得，故言非生非滅門。 > Question: If so, in the Tripiṭaka there are gates of conditioned arising and ceasing, and of unconditioned non-arising and non-ceasing; how do they differ from this non-arising and non-ceasing? > Answer: The gate of neither arising nor ceasing taught in the Tripiṭaka is an awakening to the partial truth of the four truths with activity, postulating that there is nirvāṇa and clinging to dharmas; it is not the gate of neither arising nor ceasing that awakens to the Middle Way Buddha-nature and double-negates existence and non-existence. Furthermore, regarding the four gates of the shared teaching: understanding forms as illusory transformations and mirror images, the four propositions are ungraspable; yet speaking of them as arising is provisionally speaking of arising like an illusion, and like an image in a mirror vanishing, it is provisionally spoken of as ceasing. Unlike external images where inherent arising and ceasing are posited, there is only a provisional speaking of arising and ceasing; this is called the gate of existence in the shared teaching. The gate of emptiness means that illusory form itself is empty, without waiting for the illusion to be extinguished to be empty. The gate of both existence and non-existence means that illusory form cannot be seen yet is seen, is seen yet cannot be seen; this is the gate of both existence and non-existence. The gate of neither arising nor ceasing means that illusory arising is already ungraspable, let alone illusory ceasing. Because arising and ceasing are ungraspable, it is called the gate of neither arising nor ceasing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.9.67) - [Next: 9.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.9.69) - [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.9.68) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.9.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.9.68) · Pramāṇa