[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) › 3.72 # 摩訶止觀 3.72 摩訶止觀 3.72 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.3.72) 「中道第一義觀」者，前觀假空，是空生死；後觀空空，是空涅槃；雙遮二邊，是名「二空觀」為方便道，得會中道，故言：「心心寂滅，流入薩婆若海。」又初觀用空，後觀用假，是為雙存方便；入中道時能雙照二諦。故經言：「心若在定，能知世間生滅法相。」前之兩觀為二種方便，意在此也。 > Regarding the 'contemplation of the supreme meaning of the middle way': the former contemplation made provisionality empty, which empties saṃsāra; the latter contemplation made emptiness empty, which empties nirvāṇa. Simultaneously shutting off both extremes is called the 'contemplation of dual emptiness', which serves as the path of expedients to attain union with the middle way. Therefore it is said: 'Thought after thought ceases, flowing into the ocean of sarvajñā.' Furthermore, the first contemplation employs emptiness, and the latter contemplation employs the provisional; this is the expedient of dual preservation. When entering the middle way, one is able to illuminate both truths simultaneously. Therefore a sūtra says: 'If the mind is in concentration, it can know the characteristics of the arising and perishing of phenomena in the world.' That the preceding two contemplations serve as two kinds of expedients has this meaning. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.3.71) - [Next: 3.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.3.73) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911~en-mt.3.72) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.3.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.3.72) · Pramāṇa