[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) › 7.48 # 摩訶止觀 7.48 摩訶止觀 7.48 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.7.48) 法性之心本非是常，凡夫橫計，是名「常倒」；法性實非無常，二乘橫計無常。今觀心種即空，一切即空；空中非常，云何謂心念念相續？是名凡夫常倒破，枯念處成。心即假名，一切悉假；心若無常，那得分別無量心相？是名「二乘無常倒破，榮念處成」。又心即非空非假，非空故非無常，非假故非於常。非榮非枯邊倒不生名「入涅槃」；中道理顯名「祕密藏」。安置諸子，自亦入中（云云）。 > The mind of the dharmatā is fundamentally not permanent; ordinary beings arbitrarily impute it \[to be so\], which is called the “inversion of permanence”; the dharmatā is genuinely not impermanent, yet the two vehicles arbitrarily consider it impermanent. Now, contemplating that the seed of mind is identical to emptiness, all is identical to emptiness; in emptiness there is no permanence, so how could one say that the mind continues thought-moment by thought-moment? This is called destroying the ordinary beings' inversion of permanence, and the withered smṛtyupasthāna is accomplished. Mind is identical to provisional designation, and all is provisional; if the mind were impermanent, how could one discriminate the immeasurable marks of mind? This is called “destroying the two vehicles' inversion of impermanence, and the flourishing smṛtyupasthāna is accomplished.” Furthermore, mind is neither empty nor provisional; because it is not empty, it is not impermanent, and because it is not provisional, it is not permanent. Being neither flourishing nor withered and without the arising of extreme inversions is called “entering nirvāṇa”; the manifestation of the principle of the middle way is called the “secret treasury.” Placing the children \[there\], he also enters within it himself (and so forth). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.7.47) - [Next: 7.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.7.49) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911~en-mt.7.48) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.7.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.7.48) · Pramāṇa