[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) › 5.238 # 摩訶止觀 5.238 摩訶止觀 5.238 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.238](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.5.238) 若前念非滅非不滅而後念心生者：為有此非滅非不滅？為無此非滅非不滅？若有，則非無因；若無，無因不能生。若無因有生性者，此性即因，何謂無因？若無，無不能生。 > If the subsequent thought-mind arises when the prior thought has neither ceased nor not ceased: does this state of neither cessation nor non-cessation exist, or does this state of neither cessation nor non-cessation not exist? If it exists, it is not without cause; if it does not exist, nonexistence without cause cannot produce anything. If that which is without cause possesses a nature of arising, this nature is itself a cause, so how could it be without cause? If it does not exist, nonexistence cannot produce anything. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.237](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.5.237) - [Next: 5.239](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.5.239) - [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.5.238) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.5.238](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.5.238) · Pramāṇa