[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) › [大乘義章](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1851) › 1.109 # 大乘義章 1.109 大乘義章 1.109 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1851.1.109) 問曰：何故眾生空者說為空行，不名無我？釋言：眾生着我之中，有十六種，所謂我、人、眾生、壽命、養育、知、見，如是一切。若說空行，通攝十六我人等空，故名空行；若言無我，不攝餘空，為是不論。 > Question: Why is the emptiness of sentient beings spoken of as the practice of emptiness and not called selflessness? Explanation: Among the clingings to a self by sentient beings, there are sixteen kinds: namely, the self, the person, the sentient being, the life-span, the nourisher, the knower, the seer, and all such \[conceptions\]. If one speaks of the practice of emptiness, it comprehensively subsumes the emptiness of all sixteen—the self, person, and so on—and is therefore called the practice of emptiness; if one were to say selflessness, it would not subsume the remaining types of emptiness, which is why it is not discussed \[in that way\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1851.1.108) - [Next: 1.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1851.1.110) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1851.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1851~en-mt.1.109) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1851.1.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1851.1.109) · Pramāṇa