[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) › [肇論新疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860) › 1.287 # 肇論新疏 1.287 肇論新疏 1.287 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.287](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.1.287) 所以然者，夫有若真有，有自常有，豈待緣而後有哉；譬彼真無，無自常無，豈待緣而後無？ > "Why is this so? If existence were truly existent, existence would naturally be permanently existent; how could it wait for conditions and only then exist? By analogy, if non-existence were truly non-existent, non-existence would naturally be permanently non-existent; how could it wait for conditions and only then be non-existent?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.286](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.1.286) - [Next: 1.288](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.1.288) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860~en-mt.1.287) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.1.287](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.1.287) · Pramāṇa