[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) › 4.46 # 楞伽阿跋多羅寶經註解 4.46 楞伽阿跋多羅寶經註解 4.46 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.4.46) 上言不生不滅，直以正教言之，未辯所以異於外道者，是故大慧復有異同之問。凡有四難：一、以外道說生法之因與佛所說三無為法為難。虛空即虛空無為，非數緣滅即非擇滅，無為涅槃即擇滅無為。二、以彼生因與佛所說十二緣生為難。三、以微塵等生與佛所說一切性不生滅為難。九物者，一時、二方、三虛空、四微塵、五四大種、六大梵天、七勝妙天、八大自在天、九眾生主即神我也。四、以彼說四大與世尊所說四大為難。此皆以外道之說比同佛說，如文可見。 > The above discussion of non-arising and non-ceasing spoke directly in terms of the correct teaching, but did not yet distinguish how it differs from tīrthikas; therefore, Mahāmati again poses questions about similarity and difference. In total there are four challenges: First, challenging by comparing the causes of producing dharmas taught by tīrthikas with the three unconditioned dharmas taught by the Buddha. 'Space' is unconditioned space; 'cessation not through deliberation' is apratisaṃkhyānirodha; 'unconditioned nirvāṇa' is pratisaṃkhyānirodha. Second, challenging by comparing their productive causes with the twelvefold dependent origination taught by the Buddha. Third, challenging by comparing their production through atoms and the like with the Buddha's teaching that all natures are non-arising and non-ceasing. The 'nine entities' are: first, time; second, direction; third, space; fourth, atoms; fifth, the four great elements; sixth, Mahābrahmā; seventh, the Heaven of Excellence; eighth, Maheśvara; ninth, Prajāpati, which is the puruṣa. Fourth, challenging by comparing their assertion of the four great elements with the four great elements spoken of by the World-Honoured One. All of these equate the tīrthika teachings with the Buddha's teachings, as can be seen from the text. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.4.45) - [Next: 4.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.4.47) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789~en-mt.4.46) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [注大乘入楞伽經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791.7.187) — Classical Chinese - [འཕགས་པ་ལང་ཀར་གཤེགས་པའི་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.lankavatara*bo.6.15) — Classical Tibetan - [འཕགས་པ་ལང་ཀར་གཤེགས་པ་རིན་པོ་ཆེའི་མདོ་ལས་སངས་རྒྱས་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱི་གསུང་གི་སྙིང་པོ་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་ལེའུ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.lankavatara*bo-d108.7.11) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.4.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1789.4.46) · Pramāṇa