[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) › 59.31 # 宗鏡錄 59.31 宗鏡錄 59.31 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [59.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.59.31) 答。准佛性論云。二性不可滅。一性可得滅。何以故。分別性本來是無。故不可滅。真實性本來是真。故不可滅。依他性雖有不真實。是故可滅。所以分別中邊論云。分別性者。謂是六塵。永不可得。猶如空華。依他性者。謂唯亂識。有非實故。猶如幻物。真實性者。謂能取所取。二無所有。真實有無故。猶如虛空。 > Answer: According to the \*Buddhadhātuśāstra\*, two natures cannot be extinguished, and one nature can be extinguished. Why? The discriminated nature is fundamentally non-existent, so it cannot be extinguished. The true nature is fundamentally true, so it cannot be extinguished. Although the other-dependent nature exists, it is not real; therefore it can be extinguished. Thus the \*Madhyāntavibhāgaśāstra\* says: 'The discriminated nature refers to the six sense objects, which can never be obtained, like sky-flowers. The other-dependent nature refers only to confused consciousness; because it exists without being real, it is like an illusory object. The true nature refers to the grasper and the grasped being both non-existent; because it is truly existent and non-existent \[in terms of duality\], it is like empty space.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 59.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.59.30) - [Next: 59.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.59.32) - [Up: 59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.59) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.59.31) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [佛性論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.darsana.yogacara.buddhagotrasastra-t1610*zh-paramartha.2.10) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.59.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.59.31) · Pramāṇa