[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) › 5.188 # 摩訶止觀 5.188 摩訶止觀 5.188 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.5.188) 「云何生生不可說？生生故生，生生故不生，故不可說。」今解：「生生故生」者，即是大生生小生，八相所遷有漏之法也。依佛此旨，知是界內有漏惑也。「生生故不生」者，因緣生法即空即中；心行處滅，言語道斷，故不可說也。 > "Why is arising arising ineffable? Arising arising, therefore it arises; arising arising, therefore it does not arise; therefore it is ineffable." It is now explained: "arising arising, therefore it arises" refers to great arising producing small arising, defiled phenomena shifted by the eight characteristics. Relying on this intention of the Buddha, we know this refers to defiled afflictions within the realms. "Arising arising, therefore it does not arise": dharmas produced by causes and conditions are identical to emptiness and identical to the middle; the locus of mental activity is extinguished, and the path of speech is cut off; therefore it is ineffable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.5.187) - [Next: 5.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.5.189) - [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.5.188) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大般涅槃經集解](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.46.67) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.5.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.5.188) · Pramāṇa