[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) › [法界次第初門](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925) › 3.52 # 法界次第初門 3.52 法界次第初門 3.52 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.3.52) 十二、性空。性空者，性名自有，不待因緣。若待因緣，則是作法，不名為性。今諸法中皆無性。何以故？一切有為法皆從因緣生，因緣生則是作法。若不從因緣和合，則是無法。如是一切諸法性不可得，故名為性空。 > Twelfth: nature-emptiness. Nature-emptiness: 'nature' means existing of itself, not depending on causes and conditions. If it depends on causes and conditions, it is a constructed dharma and is not named 'nature.' Now within all dharmas there is no nature. Why is this? All conditioned dharmas are born from causes and conditions; being born from causes and conditions, they are constructed dharmas. If not from the conjunction of causes and conditions, they are non-existent dharmas. In this way, the nature of all dharmas is unapprehendable, therefore it is called nature-emptiness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.3.51) - [Next: 3.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.3.53) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925~en-mt.3.52) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大智度論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.pancavimsatisahasrika!mahaprajnaparamitopadesa*zh-kumarajiva.31.296) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.3.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.3.52) · Pramāṇa