肇論新疏 1.22

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1.22

This reveals the root through the branches. Observing present dharmas with respect to the prior and posterior limits: since they merely arise from the aggregation of conditions, how could they wait for conditions to separate before they perish? Because causes and conditions are not a true harmony, they are ever separate even right now, and they are also perishing right now. Form is itself emptiness; its nature is inherently so. Hence conditioned arising is itself prakṛti-śūnyatā. The holy master Qingliang said: "Conditioned arising is asvabhāva; its very substance is true."

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肇論新疏 — Classical Chinese