[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) › [摩訶止觀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911) › 2.90 # 摩訶止觀 2.90 摩訶止觀 2.90 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.2.90) 若亦滅亦不滅而欲生者，若從滅生，不須亦不滅；若從不滅生，不須亦滅。不定之因，那生定果？若其體一，其性相違；若其體異，本不相關。 > If it arises both when it ceases and does not cease: if it arises from ceasing, it does not need non-ceasing; if it arises from non-ceasing, it does not need ceasing. How can an indeterminate cause produce a determinate effect? If their substance is one, their natures are mutually contradictory; if their substances are different, they are inherently unrelated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.2.89) - [Next: 2.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.2.91) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911~en-mt.2.90) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.2.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.2.90) · Pramāṇa