[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) › 3.406 # 肇論新疏 3.406 肇論新疏 3.406 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.406](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.3.406) 存陰順理而却違經。若定許得，餘有二義：一應五陰之外更有眾生之性，五陰令盡，陰外之性令得。故今論云「果若有得（云云）」；二恐違以前經云「極於五陰」，豈許陰外更有生性耶？若此應合，五陰不都斷盡、或盡麁存細、或滅色存心。為能得者必若都盡，誰是能得耶？故論云「必若止於五陰（云云）」。此理已通，亦違前經云五陰部盡。據此，存盡皆違，不可不考。此意明：三乘之教，斷盡生死、轉得涅槃，不知二際無二，故假此問答，令悟即妄而真。 > Preserving the aggregates complies with principle yet on the contrary contravenes the scriptures. If one definitively permits attainment, there remain two senses: first, outside the five aggregates there must be an additional nature of sentient beings, such that the five aggregates are made to be extinguished, while the nature outside the aggregates is made to attain. Hence the treatise now says: "If indeed there were attainment..." Second, fearing that it contravenes the earlier scripture stating "exhausted within the five aggregates," how could it be permitted that outside the aggregates there is further a sentient nature? If so, it would follow that the five aggregates are not completely cut off and extinguished—either the coarse are extinguished while the subtle are preserved, or form is extinguished while mind is preserved. As for that which can attain, if it must be completely exhausted, who is that which can attain? Hence the treatise says: "If it must be confined to the five aggregates..." This principle having already made sense, it also contravenes the earlier scripture stating that the five aggregates are completely exhausted. Based on this, both preserving and extinguishing are in contravention, so it must be examined. The intent here is to clarify: the teachings of the three vehicles cut off and extinguish birth and death, transforming and attaining nirvāṇa, without knowing that the two extremes are non-dual; hence this question and answer is framed to cause one to realize that the delusional is itself the real. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.405](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.3.405) - [Next: 3.407](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.3.407) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860~en-mt.3.406) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.3.406](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.3.406) · Pramāṇa