[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) › [宗鏡錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016) › 36.56 # 宗鏡錄 36.56 宗鏡錄 36.56 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [36.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.36.56) 答曰。聖人無無相也。何者。若以無相為無相。無相即為相。捨有而之無。猶逃峯而赴壑。俱不免於患矣。是以至人處有而不有。居無而不無。雖不取於有無。然亦不捨於有無。所以和光塵勞。周旋五趣。寂然而往。怕爾而來。恬淡無為。而無不為者也。 > The answer is: The sage is devoid of marklessness as well. Why? If one takes marklessness as marklessness, marklessness becomes a mark. Abandoning existence to go to non-existence is like fleeing a mountain peak only to plunge into a ravine; both fail to escape affliction. Therefore, the consummate person abides in existence without treating it as existent, and dwells in non-existence without treating it as non-existent. Although not grasping existence and non-existence, neither does he abandon existence and non-existence. Therefore, he softens his light amid defilements, wanders throughout the five destinies, goes forth in stillness, comes in tranquility, and is serene in non-action, yet there is nothing he does not do. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 36.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.36.55) - [Next: 36.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.36.57) - [Up: 36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.36) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.36.56) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [肇論新疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.2.187) — Classical Chinese - [肇論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1858.1.31) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.36.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.36.56) · Pramāṇa