[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) › [大毘盧遮那成佛經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796) › 17.45 # 大毘盧遮那成佛經疏 17.45 大毘盧遮那成佛經疏 17.45 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [17.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796.17.45) 諸外道我復不著他因，復次世間離執著我故所轉者，次明與外道異也。彼宗所計，我神等而生一切。今我此身乃自非我，是大我所生耳。若是我所生者，善惡因果皆因彼出，今此身心即自無我，持戒之果為誰而轉修？誰受其報耶？當知因果義不成故，猶如無種子之花果及石女兒，能以空花為鬘，無有是處也。此石女兒喻，撿《佛性論》意具說。復有著於斷常而行十善法，若常則無果報，今持十善依何而住，若斷者亦無果報，亦何依耶？故十善名同，如虫食木偶得成字，不可比也。 > "The various non-Buddhists again do not attach to other causes; furthermore, what is evolved by the world free from grasping at a self": next, the difference from non-Buddhists is clarified. What their school asserts is that a self, a spirit, and so forth generate everything. Now this body of mine is not my self; it is generated by the Great Self. If it is generated by the Self, then the cause and effect of good and evil both emerge from that; now, this body and mind are intrinsically without a self—for whom would the fruit of upholding precepts be cultivated, and who would receive its retribution? One should know that the principle of cause and effect is not established, just like flowers and fruits without seeds, or like the son of a barren woman being able to make a garland of sky-flowers: there is no such possibility. This metaphor of the barren woman's son is explained in detail by consulting the meaning of the \*Buddhadhātu-śāstra\*. Furthermore, there are those who cling to annihilationism or eternalism and practice the ten wholesome dharmas: if there is permanence, there is no karmic retribution—on what then would the present upholding of the ten wholesome actions abide? If there is annihilation, there is also no karmic retribution—on what would it rely? Therefore, while the name of the ten wholesome actions is the same, it is like an insect eating wood and by chance forming a character; they cannot be compared. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 17.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796.17.44) - [Next: 17.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796.17.46) - [Up: 17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796.17) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796~en-mt.17.45) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796.17.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796.17.45) · Pramāṇa