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肇論新疏 2.364

肇論新疏 2.364

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Classical Chinese

2.364

不取者,名相本空,取之不得故。不捨者,實相妙存,離之不得故。次四句中,由不捨故,即事而真,湛然無相,故曰妙存。由不取故,名相無因而起。又名與相相因而生,苟不取著,相因自亡。後四句中,躡前釋成雙非。非有知者,所知空故;非無知者,心妙存故。

"Not grasped" means that name and mark are fundamentally empty, and thus grasping them cannot be achieved. "Not abandoned" means that dharmatā wondrously abides, and thus departing from it cannot be achieved. In the next four sentences, because it is not abandoned, being identical with phenomena it is real, serene and animitta; hence it is called "wondrously abiding." Because it is not grasped, name and mark arise without a cause. Furthermore, names and marks arise dependent upon one another; if one does not cling and grasp, their mutual dependence naturally perishes. In the final four sentences, he follows the preceding to explain and establish the double negation. "Not a knowing of existence" means that the known is empty; "not an absence of knowing" means that the mind wondrously abides.

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