[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) › 36.58 # 宗鏡錄 36.58 宗鏡錄 36.58 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [36.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.36.58) 答曰。生滅者。生滅心也。聖人無心。生滅焉起。然非無心。但無心心耳。又非不應。但是不應應耳。是以應。會則。信若四時之質。直。以虛無為體。斯不可得而生。不可得而滅也。 > The answer is: What arises and ceases is the mind of arising and ceasing. The sage is without mind; whence could arising and ceasing arise? Yet it is not that he is without mind; he is merely without a mind that minds. Nor is it that he does not respond; he merely responds without a response that responds. Therefore, as for responsive meeting, its trustworthiness is like the substance of the four seasons; straightforwardly taking vacuous non-existence as substance, it cannot be made to arise and cannot be made to cease. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 36.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.36.57) - [Next: 36.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.36.59) - [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.36.58) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [肇論新疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.2.197) — Classical Chinese - [肇論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1858.1.33) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.36.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.36.58) · Pramāṇa