[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) › [維摩經略疏垂裕記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779) › 4.159 # 維摩經略疏垂裕記 4.159 維摩經略疏垂裕記 4.159 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.4.159) 二、總撿。「總約四大說無我」者，荊溪云：問何不云譬而云約耶？答約者依成也，依外破內故但云約。今推外地乃至無主，知身無主。約外知內，故云約也。餘大準知。外云依神，內云是身依諸大者，以大望身，大是實法。外人迷之，謂有神等。四大不一，神為依誰？若並依四，應有四我。疏云四身，正破四我，我依身故故云四我，內外俱有四大故也。 > Second, collective examination. Regarding "collectively explaining non-self in terms of the four great elements," Jingxi states: question: why does it not say 'simile' but instead say 'in terms of'? Answer: 'in terms of' means relying on and completing; relying on the external to break the internal, it merely says 'in terms of'. Now, deducing that external earth, and so forth, lacks a master, one knows that the body lacks a master. Knowing the internal in terms of the external, it is therefore said to be 'in terms of'. The remaining elements should be understood accordingly. Outsiders say one relies on the soul; internally it is said that this body relies on the various elements. Looking at the body in relation to the elements, the elements are real dharmas. Outsiders are confused about this, claiming that there is a soul, and so forth. The four great elements are not one; on which does the soul rely? If it relies on all four together, there should be four selves. The commentary says 'four bodies', which directly refutes the four selves; because the self relies on the body, it says 'four selves', as both the internal and the external possess the four great elements. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.4.158) - [Next: 4.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.4.160) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779~en-mt.4.159) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.4.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.4.159) · Pramāṇa