[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) › [注大乘入楞伽經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791) › 3.156 # 注大乘入楞伽經 3.156 注大乘入楞伽經 3.156 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791.3.156) 自下，約喻舉五觀門，以明無我。此舉無常門也。夫我謂常義，今既無常，故無有我。文標六喻，上五喻幻身，下一喻妄心。如水奔流、種牙變易、燈藉眾緣，飄風不住、浮雲起滅，以上諸喻剎那變壞，此身亦爾，豈有常耶？又妄心躁動等若猿猴，既不能令身心常住，我義焉在？ > Below, five contemplation gates are adduced by way of similes to explain no-self. Here, the gate of impermanence is adduced. An ātman implies permanence; now, since there is impermanence, there is no ātman. The text marks six similes: the first five compare the illusory body, and the last one compares the false mind. Like rushing water, the alteration of a seed and its sprout, a lamp relying on manifold conditions, drifting wind that does not stay, and floating clouds appearing and disappearing—all the above similes involve momentary decay; this body is likewise, so how could there be permanence? Moreover, the false mind is restless like a monkey; since it cannot keep body and mind permanently abiding, where is the meaning of an ātman? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791.3.155) - [Next: 3.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791.3.157) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791~en-mt.3.156) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791.3.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791.3.156) · Pramāṇa