[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) › [金光明經文句記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1786) › 3.41 # 金光明經文句記 3.41 金光明經文句記 3.41 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1786.3.41) 初、修因相。四枯即空、四榮即假、雙非即中，說有次第、修無前後，乃一心三觀也。故佛於其四枯四榮雙樹中間般涅槃者，正表於此。 > First, the characteristics of cultivating the cause. The four withered \[trees\] are emptiness, the four flourishing \[trees\] are provisionality, and the double negation is the Middle. In explanation there is a sequence, but in cultivation there is no before and after; this is the threefold contemplation in a single mind. Therefore, that the Buddha entered parinirvāṇa between the twin trees of four withered and four flourishing precisely symbolizes this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1786.3.40) - [Next: 3.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1786.3.42) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1786.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1786~en-mt.3.41) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1786.3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1786.3.41) · Pramāṇa