中觀論疏 3.11

3.11

Regarding "Because there is neither arising nor perishing, the remaining six matters are also non-existent" and following: this is the second [section], clarifying the subsumption of phenomena. Subsuming phenomena does not mean refuting the six matters separately, but merely clarifying that because there is no arising, there are no six. Thus subsuming the six within non-arising is entirely to reveal the meaning of non-arising. Why clarify the meaning of non-arising? To reveal that the eight negations leave no phenomenon unexhausted and no speech incomplete. Merely clarifying the single phrase "non-arising" already leaves no phenomenon unexhausted and no speech incomplete, how much more so fully clarifying the eight negations? That is to say, it explains the general refutation of all phenomena above. Question: Why is it that without arising and perishing there are no six matters? Answer: For two reasons. First, arising and perishing are conditioned; since conditioned phenomena are absent, unconditioned phenomena are also absent. Because conditioned and unconditioned are absent, all phenomena are ultimately empty. Second, cause and effect mutually generating is conventional truth; because conventional truth is absent, ultimate truth is also absent; because the two truths are absent, the two knowledges are also absent; therefore, all phenomena being empty, there are no six matters.