[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) › [俱舍論頌疏論本](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823) › 30.12 # 俱舍論頌疏論本 30.12 俱舍論頌疏論本 30.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [30.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823.30.12) 「由實命者無，佛不言一異， 恐撥無假我，亦不說都無。 謂蘊相續中，有業果命者， 若說無命者，彼撥此為無， 不說諸蘊中，有假名命者， 由觀發問者，無力解真空。 如是觀筏蹉，意樂差別故， 彼問有無我，佛不答有無。」 > "Because a real life-principle does not exist, > The Buddha did not state identity or difference; > Fearing they would reject the nominal self as non-existent, > He also did not say it is completely non-existent. > Namely, within the continuum of aggregates, > There is a life-principle of karma and result; > If he said there is no life-principle, > They would reject this as non-existent. > He did not speak of the aggregates > Having a nominally designated life-principle, > Because he observed that the questioner > Lacked the capacity to understand true emptiness. > Thus observing Vatsa's > Different dispositions, > When he asked about the existence or non-existence of a self, > The Buddha did not answer with existence or non-existence." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 30.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823.30.11) - [Next: 30.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823.30.13) - [Up: 30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823.30) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823~en-mt.30.12) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [阿毘達磨俱舍論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.darsana.abhidharma.abhidharmakosa!bhasya*zh-xuanzang.30.7) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823.30.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823.30.12) · Pramāṇa