[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) › 1.8 # 肇論 1.8 肇論 1.8 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1858.1.8) 本無、實相、法性、性空、緣會，一義耳。何則？一切諸法，緣會而生。緣會而生，則未生無有，緣離則滅。如其真有，有則無滅。以此而推，故知雖今現有，有而性常自空。性常自空，故謂之性空。性空故，故曰法性。法性如是，故曰實相。實相自無，非推之使無，故名本無。言不有不無者，不如有見常見之有，邪見斷見之無耳。若以有為有，則以無為無。夫不存無以觀法者，可謂識法實相矣。雖觀有而無所取相，然則法相為無相之相，聖人之心為住無所住矣。三乘，等觀性空而得道也。性空者，謂諸法實相也。見法實相故云正觀，若其異者便為邪觀。設二乘不見此理，則顛倒也。是以三乘觀法無異，但心有大小為差耳。漚和般若者，大慧之稱也。諸法實相，謂之般若；能不形證，漚和功也。適化眾生，謂之漚和；不染塵累，般若力也。然則般若之門觀空，漚和之門涉有。涉有未始迷虛，故常處有而不染；不厭有而觀空，故觀空而不證。是謂一念之力權慧具矣。一念之力權慧具矣，好思，歷然可解。泥洹盡諦者，直結盡而已，則生死永滅，故謂盡耳；無復別有一盡處耳。 > Original non-being, dharmatā, dharmatā, svabhāva-śūnyatā, and concurrence of conditions are just one single meaning. Why so? All phenomena are born from the concurrence of conditions. Being born from the concurrence of conditions, before they are born they do not exist; when conditions disperse, they perish. If they truly existed, existing, they would not perish. Inferring from this, we know that although they are now present, existing, their nature is always inherently empty. Being always inherently empty, it is therefore called svabhāva-śūnyatā. Because of svabhāva-śūnyatā, it is called dharmatā. Dharmatā being thus, it is called dharmatā. Dharmatā is naturally non-being, not made non-being through deduction; therefore, it is named original non-being. When speaking of neither existence nor non-existence, it is simply not the existence of the views of existence and eternalism, nor the non-existence of mithyādṛṣṭi and ucchedadṛṣṭi. If one regards existence as existence, one then regards non-existence as non-existence. One who does not maintain non-existence when contemplating phenomena can be said to know the dharmatā of phenomena. Although one contemplates existence, one does not seize upon characteristics; thus, the characteristics of phenomena are the characteristic of ānimitta, and the sage's mind abides where there is no abiding. The triyāna equally contemplates svabhāva-śūnyatā and attains the Path. Svabhāva-śūnyatā means the dharmatā of all phenomena. Seeing the dharmatā of phenomena is called correct contemplation; if it diverges, it is then incorrect contemplation. Supposing the dviyāna did not see this principle, they would be inverted. Therefore, the triyāna's contemplation of phenomena does not differ; it is merely that their minds differ in being great or small. Upāya and prajñā are the appellations of great wisdom. The dharmatā of all phenomena is called prajñā; being able not to manifest realisation is the function of upāya. Adapting to transform sentient beings is called upāya; not being defiled by worldly encumbrances is the power of prajñā. Hence, the gate of prajñā contemplates emptiness, and the gate of upāya enters existence. Entering existence, one never strays into delusion regarding the void; thus, one constantly abides in existence without being defiled. Not wearying of existence, one contemplates emptiness; thus, one contemplates emptiness without realising \[it alone\]. This is what is meant by upāya and prajñā being complete within the power of a single thought. The power of a single thought possesses both expedient means and wisdom; ponder this well, and it will be distinctly understood. The truth of cessation in nirvāṇa is simply the exhaustion of fetters, whereby birth and death are eternally extinguished, and hence it is called cessation; there is no other distinct place of cessation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1858.1.7) - [Next: 1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1858.1.9) - [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.1.8) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [宗鏡錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.8.5.5) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1858.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1858.1.8) · Pramāṇa