[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) › 1.87 # 肇論 1.87 肇論 1.87 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1858.1.87) 有名曰：非眾生無以御三乘，非三乘無以成涅槃。然必先有眾生，後有涅槃。是則涅槃有始，有始必有終。而經云：「涅槃無始無終，湛若虛空。」則涅槃先有，非復學而後成者也。 > The Named said: Without sentient beings, there is no way to direct the triyāna; without the triyāna, there is no way to accomplish nirvāṇa. Thus there must first be sentient beings, and afterwards nirvāṇa. This being so, nirvāṇa has a beginning, and that which has a beginning must have an end. Yet the sūtras say: 'Nirvāṇa is without beginning and without end, clear and still like empty space.' If so, nirvāṇa has existed beforehand, and is not something accomplished after learning. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1858.1.86) - [Next: 1.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1858.1.88) - [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.1.87) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [肇論疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1859.3.55) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1858.1.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1858.1.87) · Pramāṇa