[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) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 69.36 # 法苑珠林 69.36 法苑珠林 69.36 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [69.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.69.36) 如涅槃經云。善男子。如人捨命受大苦時。宗親圍繞號哭懊惱。其人惶悑莫知依救。雖有五情無所知覺。肢節顫動不能自持。身體虛冷暖氣欲盡。見先所修善惡報相。如日垂沒。山陵埠阜。影現東移。理無西逝。眾生業果亦復如是。此陰滅時彼陰續生。如燈生闇滅燈滅闇生。善男子。如蠟印印泥印與泥合印滅文成。而是蠟印不變在泥。文非泥出。不餘處來。以印因緣而生是文。現在陰滅中陰陰生。是現在陰終不變為中陰五陰。中陰五陰亦非自生。不從餘來。因現陰故生中陰陰。如印印泥印壞文成。名雖無差而時節各異。是故我說中陰五陰非肉眼天眼所見。 > As the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra states: 'Good man, when a person relinquishes life and suffers great agony, surrounded by relatives wailing and lamenting, that person is terrified and knows not where to turn for refuge. Although possessing the five sense faculties, they have no awareness; their limbs tremble and cannot support themselves; their body becomes hollow and cold, and the bodily warmth is about to depart. They see the signs of retribution for the good and evil previously cultivated, just as when the sun is about to set, the shadows of mountains, hills, and mounds appear moving to the east, with no reason to go west. Sentient beings' karmic fruits are also like this: when this aggregate ceases, that aggregate continues to arise, just as when a lamp is lit darkness ceases, and when a lamp goes out darkness arises. Good man, it is like a wax seal stamping clay: when the seal contacts the clay, the seal is destroyed and the inscription is formed. Yet this wax seal does not transform to remain in the clay, nor does the inscription emerge from the clay or come from elsewhere; rather, it is through the conditions of the seal that this inscription arises. When the present aggregates cease, the aggregates of the intermediate existence arise. These present aggregates never transform into the five aggregates of the intermediate existence, nor do the five aggregates of the intermediate existence arise of themselves or come from elsewhere; it is because of the present aggregates that the aggregates of the intermediate existence arise. Just as a seal stamps clay, the seal is destroyed and the inscription is formed; though their names do not differ, their times are distinct. Therefore I say that the five aggregates of the intermediate existence are not visible to the physical eye or the divine eye. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 69.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.69.35) - [Next: 69.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.69.37) - [Up: 69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.69) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.69.36) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [止觀輔行傳弘決](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1912.7.29) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.69.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.69.36) · Pramāṇa