[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) › 72.51 # 法苑珠林 72.51 法苑珠林 72.51 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [72.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.72.51) 第二邊見者。夫世間因果生滅相續。非定斷常。是中道理。不解偏執。故名邊見。如中論說。因果常生滅相續故往來不絕。生滅故不常。相續故不斷。故知因果三世相續是正道理。又成論云。以世諦故得成中道。以五陰相續生故不斷。念念滅故不常。離此斷常名為中道。故知因果非定斷常。於現報中凡愚不觀。念念遷滅則是常見。不觀念念新生則是斷見。若於來報愛未盡者。隨業受生六道不定。人非常人迷此謂常。則是常見。若謂死後更不受生。心識永謝。則是斷見。 > Second, extreme view (antagrāhadṛṣṭi): cause and effect in the world are a succession of arising and ceasing, which are not definitely annihilated nor eternal; this is the middle-way principle. Failing to understand it and one-sidedly clinging to it is therefore called extreme view. As the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā says: 'Because cause and effect are a succession of arising and ceasing, coming and going are uninterrupted. Because there is arising and ceasing, they are not eternal; because there is continuity, they are not annihilated.' Therefore we know that the succession of cause and effect throughout the three times is the correct principle. Moreover, the Satyasiddhi-śāstra says: 'By means of conventional truth, the middle way can be established. Because the five aggregates arise in succession, they are not annihilated; because they perish moment by moment, they are not eternal. Freedom from these \[extremes of\] annihilation and eternity is called the middle way.' Thus we know that cause and effect are not definitely annihilated or eternal. Regarding present retribution, the ordinary and foolish do not contemplate: regarding changing and perishing moment by moment, they hold the view of permanence; not contemplating new arising moment by moment, they hold the view of annihilation. If regarding future retribution their craving is not yet exhausted, their taking rebirth in the six destinies according to karma is indeterminate: a human is not eternally a human, but being deluded about this, to say it is eternal is the view of permanence; if one says that after death one will never again take rebirth and the mind-consciousness is extinguished forever, this is the view of annihilation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 72.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.72.50) - [Next: 72.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.72.52) - [Up: 72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.72) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.72.51) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.72.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.72.51) · Pramāṇa