[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) › 1.54 # 肇論新疏 1.54 肇論新疏 1.54 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.1.54) 承前以即不滯也。初二句約觀空有以分權實，涅槃為空、生死為有。後四句正顯不滯，以二智雙融之一心，觀空有無二之真諦。如觀色是有，色即空故，豈曾瞥然而迷性空？以不迷空，所以常居有境塵不能染。下句反此可知。是謂二諦相符、二行相資，如車二輪、猶鳥二翼，翔空致遠，互缺無能由空門出生死入涅槃，由有門建佛法化眾生。然理量無二、生涅一如，故不滯空而累有也。 > Continuing from before, this explains how identity avoids stagnation. The first two lines distinguish provisional and real in terms of contemplating emptiness and existence: nirvāṇa is emptiness, and birth-and-death is existence. The latter four lines directly reveal non-stagnation: with the single mind in which the two wisdoms are fused, it contemplates the true reality where emptiness and existence are non-dual. As when contemplating form as existence, form is itself emptiness; how could it ever momentarily be deluded about prakṛti-śūnyatā? Because it is not deluded about emptiness, it constantly dwells in the realm of existence without being defiled by dust. The next line should be understood conversely. This is called the mutual accord of the two truths and the mutual assistance of the two practices: like the two wheels of a cart, or like the two wings of a bird soaring into the sky and reaching afar; if either is lacking, nothing can be accomplished. Through the gate of emptiness one leaves birth-and-death and enters nirvāṇa; through the gate of existence one establishes the Buddha's teachings and transforms sentient beings. Since principle and cognitive measure are non-dual, and birth-and-death and nirvāṇa are identical, one does not stagnate in emptiness nor is one burdened by existence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.1.53) - [Next: 1.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.1.55) - [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.1.54) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.1.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.1.54) · Pramāṇa