[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) › [肇論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1858) › 1.33 # 肇論 1.33 肇論 1.33 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1858.1.33) 答曰：生滅者，生滅心也。聖人無心，生滅焉起？然非無心，但是無心心耳；又非不應，但是不應應耳。是以聖人應會之道，則信若四時之質。直以虛無為體，斯不可得而生、不可得而滅也。 > I reply: Arising and ceasing belong to a mind that arises and ceases. The sage has no mind; whence could arising and ceasing arise? Yet it is not that he has no mind: it is simply that his mind is a mindless mind. Nor is it that he does not respond: it is simply that his response is a non-responding response. Therefore, the sage’s way of responding and converging is as dependable as the substance of the four seasons. Simply taking emptiness and non-being as its essence, this cannot be made to arise, nor can it be made to cease. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1858.1.32) - [Next: 1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1858.1.34) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1858.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1858~en-mt.1.33) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [宗鏡錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.36.58) — Classical Chinese - [肇論新疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.2.195) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1858.1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1858.1.33) · Pramāṇa