[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) › 4.257 # 注大乘入楞伽經 4.257 注大乘入楞伽經 4.257 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.257](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791.4.257) 外道以作者為生因義，謂從有無生一切法。有謂有種，即自在微塵等為能生因也。無謂無種，即虛空自然等生也，不說從自心妄想生。故我說一切法，不同外道無因邪因生，故名無生耳！ > \[The commentary says:\] Non-Buddhists take an agent as the meaning of a cause of arising, asserting that all phenomena arise from existence or non-existence. 'Existence' refers to having a seed, namely taking Īśvara, atoms, and the like as the generative causes. 'Non-existence' refers to having no seed, namely arising spontaneously from space, nature, and the like; they do not say they arise from parikalpa of one's own mind. Therefore, I say all phenomena do not arise without causes or from erroneous causes like the non-Buddhists; hence it is merely named 'unborn'! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.256](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791.4.256) - [Next: 4.258](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791.4.258) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791~en-mt.4.257) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791.4.257](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791.4.257) · Pramāṇa