[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) › 5.236 # 摩訶止觀 5.236 摩訶止觀 5.236 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.236](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.5.236) 若前念滅後念生者：前不滅生，名為自性；今由滅生，不滅望滅，豈非他性？他性滅中有生故生？無生故生？有生是生，生滅相違，乃是生生，何謂滅生？若滅無生，無何能生？若滅有生性，性破如前。 > If the subsequent thought arises when the prior thought has ceased: arising from the unceased prior thought was called self-nature; now arising due to cessation, viewing the unceased in relation to cessation, is this not other-nature? Does it arise because there is arising within the cessation that is other-nature, or because there is no arising? If there is arising, it is an arising, yet arising and cessation are mutually contradictory; this would be arising producing arising, so how could it be cessation producing arising? If cessation lacks arising, how could nonexistence produce anything? If cessation possesses a nature of arising, the nature is refuted as before. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.235](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.5.235) - [Next: 5.237](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.5.237) - [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.5.236) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.5.236](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.5.236) · Pramāṇa