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# 注大乘入楞伽經 4.255

注大乘入楞伽經 4.255

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [4.255](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791.4.255)

由了諸法唯自心現，即知生本無生。故龍勝云：「諸法不自生，亦不從他生，不共不無因，是故知無生。」由是觀之，有無外法悉無自性，故本不生。

> \[The commentary says:\] Through understanding that all phenomena are only manifestations of one's own mind, one immediately knows that arising is fundamentally non-arising. Therefore Nāgārjuna said: 'Phenomena do not arise from themselves, nor do they arise from others, nor from both, nor without a cause; therefore know that they are unborn.' Viewed from this, external phenomena, whether existing or non-existing, all lack intrinsic nature; hence they are fundamentally unborn.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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