[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) › [淨名經集解關中疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777) › 2.264 # 淨名經集解關中疏 2.264 淨名經集解關中疏 2.264 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.264](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2.264) 明相菩薩曰。四種異空種異為二。四種性即是空種性。如前際後際空故中際亦空。若能如是知諸種性者。是為入不二法門　肇曰。四種四大也。空種空大也。此五眾之所由生故名種。然此四大之住無前後中無異空大。又解。小乘以四大堅濕煖種性異空大。大乘楞伽以四大是妄想。性妄無自性故不異空也。 > The Bodhisattva Prabhāketu said, "The difference among the four elements and the difference of the space element constitute duality. The nature of the four elements is itself the nature of the space element. Just as the past and future limits are empty, the intermediate limit is also empty. If one can know the nature of the elements in this way, this is entering the dharma gate of non-duality." > Sengzhao says, "The four elements are the four great elements; the space element is the great element of space. Because the five aggregates arise from these, they are called elements. However, the abiding of these four great elements has no past, future, or intermediate state, and is no different from the great element of space." Another explanation says, "The Hīnayāna considers the natures of the four great elements—solidity, moisture, and warmth—to be different from the space element. The Mahāyāna Laṅkāvatāra holds that the four great elements are false conceptualizations; since their nature is false and lacks self-nature, they are not different from space." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.263](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2.263) - [Next: 2.265](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2.265) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777~en-mt.2.264) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [注維摩詰經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.8.73) — Classical Chinese - [維摩詰所說經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.vimalakirtinirdesa*zh-kumarajiva.2.162) — Classical Chinese - [佛說維摩詰經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.vimalakirtinirdesa*zh-zhi-qian.2.102) — Classical Chinese - [維摩經義記卷第四](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2769.4.20) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2.264](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2.264) · Pramāṇa