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《中論》云：「若深觀不常、不斷，即入無生、無滅義。」何以故？不生即不異；不滅即不一。生名集成，即異義；滅名散壞，即一義。不生即不常，不滅即不斷；不生即不來，不滅即不去；不生即不垢，不滅即不淨；不生即不增，不滅即不減；不生即不縛，不滅即不脫；不生即不有，不滅即不無。是故深觀不生、不滅，即是諸門義也。

The Mūlamadhyamakakārikā says: 'If one deeply contemplates neither permanent nor annihilated, one enters the meaning of non-arising and non-ceasing.' Why is this? Non-arising is non-difference; non-ceasing is non-identity. 'Arising' is called integration and completion, which is the meaning of difference; 'ceasing' is called dispersion and destruction, which is the meaning of identity. Non-arising is non-permanence, and non-ceasing is non-annihilation; non-arising is non-coming, and non-ceasing is non-going; non-arising is non-defilement, and non-ceasing is non-purity; non-arising is non-increase, and non-ceasing is non-decrease; non-arising is non-bondage, and non-ceasing is non-liberation; non-arising is non-existence, and non-ceasing is non-nonexistence. Therefore, deeply contemplating non-arising and non-ceasing is precisely the meaning of all gateways.