[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) › [瑜伽論記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1828) › 3.267 # 瑜伽論記 3.267 瑜伽論記 3.267 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.267](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1828.3.267) 八、生者，非有故者，謂非自作他作，若有自我作大梵等他作。便有生者故，緣無作用故者，謂非俱作。緣力所生故者，謂亦非無因生，對法云：諸法不自生，亦不從他生，亦不從共生，非不從二生，雖無作用緣而有功能緣可得故，非自生破我作，非他生破大自在天等不平等因生，非共生破薩婆多等作用義，非無因生者破無因論。彼云：若緣起理非自非他遣雙句者，猶為甚深，況忘四句，是故緣起最極甚深。中論云：諸法不自生，亦不從他生，不共不無因。彼解云：自性空故不自生，緣性空故非他生，自他空故不共生，法若有體可說有因無因，法性既空，何得說有有因無因，前三句破有因緣，第四句破無因緣。 > Eighth, as for 'Because an agent of production is nonexistent': it means there is neither self-making nor making by another. If there were a self that makes, or an other that makes such as Mahābrahmā, then there would be an agent of production. 'Because conditions are without active functioning': it means there is not joint making. 'Because they are produced by the power of conditions': it means they are also not produced without cause. The Abhidharma states: 'Dharmas are not produced from themselves, nor are they produced from another, nor are they produced from both; nor are they produced without the two. Although conditions are without active functioning, conditions possessing causal efficacy are obtainable.' 'Not self-produced' refutes \[the view of\] an agent of self; 'not produced from another' refutes production from an unequal cause such as Maheśvara; 'not produced from both' refutes the doctrine of active functioning held by the Sarvāstivādins and others; 'not produced without cause' refutes the doctrine of causelessness. That \[treatise\] says: 'If the principle of dependent origination merely negates the two positions of > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.266](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1828.3.266) - [Next: 3.268](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1828.3.268) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1828.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1828~en-mt.3.267) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [瑜伽師地論略纂](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1829.4.162) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1828.3.267](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1828.3.267) · Pramāṇa