[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) › [肇論疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1859) › 1.89 # 肇論疏 1.89 肇論疏 1.89 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1859.1.89) 第二、解釋經論意也。文中二：先，釋非有；後，釋非無。今初也。豈待緣而後有哉者，有若定有，不須待緣生方有也。譬彼真無下，此舉大虛之無以喻有也。若有不能自有待緣而後有下，有要待緣，明知非有也。有非真有下，結明有空也。不無者下，釋非無也。夫無則湛然不動下，若湛然不動，始可名為無也。萬物若無則不應起者，無若定無，則不應緣會而起也。起則非無者，以緣起而生，故知非無也。以明夫緣起故不無也者，明知緣起故非無也。而言以者，以，用也。 > Second, explaining the intention of the scripture and treatise. Within the text there are two parts: first, explaining non-existence \[of real being\]; later, explaining non-non-existence. Now, this is the first. As for 'How could they wait for conditions and only then exist?,' if existence were determinately existent, it would not need to wait for conditions to arise before it existed. 'Like that true non-existence': this adduces the non-existence of the great void to illustrate existence. From 'If existence cannot exist of itself, but waits for conditions and only then exists' onward: existence must wait for conditions, by which one clearly knows it is not existent. From 'Existence is not true existence' onward: concluding by clarifying that existence is empty. From 'As for not non-existent' onward: explaining non-non-existence. 'Now, non-existence is serene and motionless': only if it is serene and motionless can it first be named non-existence. 'If the myriad things were non-existent, they should not arise': if non-existence were determinately non-existent, they should not assemble through conditions and arise. 'Arising, they are not non-existent': because they are produced through dependent origination, one knows they are not non-existent. 'This clarifies that because of dependent origination they are not non-existent': one clearly knows that because of dependent origination they are not non-existent. As for saying 'by' (\*yi\*), \*yi\* means 'using'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1859.1.88) - [Next: 1.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1859.1.90) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1859.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1859~en-mt.1.89) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1859.1.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1859.1.89) · Pramāṇa