[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) › 5.105 # 摩訶止觀 5.105 摩訶止觀 5.105 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.5.105) 如是本末究竟等者，相為本，報為末。本末悉從緣生，緣生故空；本末皆空，此就空為等也。又相但有字，報亦但有字，悉假施設，此就假名為等。又本末互相表幟，覽初相，表後報；覩後報，知本相；如見施知富，見富知施，初後相在，此就假論等也。又相無相，無相而相，非相非無相；報無報，無報而報，非報非無報，一一皆入如實之際，此就中論等也。 > Regarding "suchness of the ultimate equality of beginning and end": characteristics are the beginning, and retribution is the end. Beginning and end all arise from conditions; arising from conditions, they are empty; beginning and end are both empty—this is equality in terms of emptiness. Furthermore, characteristics are merely words, and retributions are also merely words, all being provisional designations—this is equality in terms of the provisional. Furthermore, beginning and end signify each other: observing the initial characteristics signifies the subsequent retribution; seeing the subsequent retribution, one knows the fundamental characteristics. Just as seeing generosity one knows wealth, and seeing wealth one knows generosity, the initial and the subsequent are mutually present—this is discussing equality in terms of the provisional. Furthermore, characteristics are without characteristics, being characteristic while without characteristics, neither characteristic nor uncharacteristic; retribution is without retribution, being retribution while without retribution, neither retribution nor unretribution; each and every one enters the limit of true reality—this is discussing equality in terms of the middle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.5.104) - [Next: 5.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.5.106) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911~en-mt.5.105) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.5.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.5.105) · Pramāṇa