[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) › [楞伽阿跋多羅寶經註解](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789) › 2.21 # 楞伽阿跋多羅寶經註解 2.21 楞伽阿跋多羅寶經註解 2.21 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.2.21) 前觀內心，此修外觀，此之二觀修乃隨宜，未必俱用。言外性非性者，了外法之性非自、他等四性而生也，謂陽焰、夢幻等性是也。此一切法由無始妄習為因，故皆不實如焰、夢等，是為善觀外性非性也。 > The previous contemplation was on the inner mind; this cultivates the external contemplation. The cultivation of these two contemplations accords with what is appropriate, and they need not necessarily both be employed. 'Contemplating external existents as non-existent' means understanding that the nature of external dharmas is not produced from the four natures—self, other, and so forth; that is, their nature is like a mirage, a dream, an illusion, and so forth. Because all these dharmas have beginningless false vāsanā as their cause, they are all unreal like mirages and dreams; this is skillfully contemplating external existents as non-existent. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.2.20) - [Next: 2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.2.22) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789~en-mt.2.21) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.2.21) · Pramāṇa