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瑜伽論記 3.167

瑜伽論記 3.167

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Classical Chinese

3.167

此有故彼有者,顯無作緣生義,此生故彼生者,顯無常緣生義,非餘者,唯由有緣果法得有,非緣有實作用能生果法,亦非無生法為因故少所生而得成立,無作無常二種為緣,非餘作用及無生法二種為因,故言非餘,此簡自在天等有實作用及計無為能為緣起以釋其名。

"Because this exists, that exists" reveals the meaning of condition-arising without agency. "Because this arises, that arises" reveals the meaning of condition-arising through impermanence. "Not otherwise" means that solely due to the existence of conditions can resultant phenomena exist; it is not that conditions have real agency capable of producing resultant phenomena, nor is it that non-arising phenomena act as causes whereby anything produced is established. The two kinds—actionlessness and impermanence—serve as conditions, and it is not that other agency and non-arising phenomena serve as causes; hence it says "not otherwise." This excludes [the views that] Īśvara and the like possess real agency and the imputation that the unconditioned can serve as dependent origination, thereby explaining its name.

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