[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) › [萬善同歸集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2017) › 2.54 # 萬善同歸集 2.54 萬善同歸集 2.54 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2017.2.54) 答：「約真即無，隨俗即有。論云：『佛答須菩提：「若一切眾生，自知諸法自性空者，菩薩不發阿耨多羅三藐三菩提意；亦不於六道中拔出眾生。何以故？眾生自知諸法性空，則無所度。譬如無病則不須藥；無暗則不須燈。今眾生實不知自相空法，故隨心取相生著；以著故染；染故隨於五欲；隨五欲故，為貪所覆；貪因緣故，乃至作生死業，無復窮已。」』是知因凡立聖，凡聖皆空；從惡得善，善惡無性。以無性故，萬善常興；以皆空故，一真恒寂。」 > Answer: "In terms of paramārtha-satya, they do not exist; in accord with saṃvṛti-satya, they do exist. The Treatise says: 'The Buddha answered Subhūti: "If all sentient beings knew for themselves that the intrinsic nature of all dharmas is empty, the bodhisattva would not generate the aspiration for anuttarā samyak-saṃbodhi, nor would he extract sentient beings from the six destinies. Why? If sentient beings knew for themselves that the nature of all dharmas is empty, there would be nothing to save. For example, if there were no illness, medicine would not be needed; if there were no darkness, a lamp would not be needed. Now, sentient beings do not truly know the empty nature of their own characteristics, and therefore in accord with their minds they grasp at characteristics and give rise to attachments; because of attachments, they are defiled; because of defilement, they follow the five desires; because of following the five desires, they are obscured by greed; because of the condition of greed, they proceed to create the karma of birth and death without end."' Thus we know that based on the ordinary, the noble is established, yet both ordinary and noble are empty; through the bad, the good is obtained, yet good and bad lack intrinsic nature. Because they lack intrinsic nature, the myriad good practices ever arise; because all are empty, the one reality is eternally tranquil." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2017.2.53) - [Next: 2.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2017.2.55) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2017.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2017~en-mt.2.54) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2017.2.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2017.2.54) · Pramāṇa