[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) › [大乘百法明門論開宗義決](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2812) › 1.20 # 大乘百法明門論開宗義決 1.20 大乘百法明門論開宗義決 1.20 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2812.1.20) 欲行善等事皆返等者。謂見世間諸有情類。於彼因時欲修淨業。不遂本心反更為惡。於彼果時願生善趣。不遂本心反墮惡趣。意欲受樂反受諸苦。由見如是彼作是思。世間諸物必應別有作者生者及變化者。為彼物父謂自在天。或復其餘。應問彼曰。大自在天變化功能。為用先業為不用耶。若用先業為因起者。唯此功能用業為因。非餘世間。不應道理。若無先業而自起者。唯此功能無因而起。非世間物。不應道理。又更問汝。此自在天為世間攝為不攝耶。若言攝者。自同世間遍生世間。不應道理。若不攝者。即非世法能生世間。不應道理。 > Regarding "wishing to perform wholesome actions and so on, yet matters all turn out contrary," and so forth: this means seeing sentient beings in the world, at the time of the cause, wishing to cultivate pure karma, yet failing to achieve their original intent and instead doing evil; at the time of the fruition, wishing to be born in good destinies, yet failing to achieve their original intent and instead falling into evil destinies; intending to experience pleasure, yet instead experiencing all kinds of suffering. Through seeing this, they make this thought: all things in the world must definitely have a distinct creator, generator, and transformer, who is the father of those things, called Maheśvara or another \[creator\]. One should ask them: does the power of transformation of the great Maheśvara use past karma, or does it not? If it uses past karma as its cause to arise, then only this capacity would use karma as its cause, and not the rest of the world, which is unreasonable. If it arises of itself without past karma, then only this capacity would arise without a cause, and not worldly things, which is unreasonable. Furthermore, ask you: is this Maheśvara subsumed within the world or not? If you say he is subsumed, then, being identical with the world, universally producing the world is unreasonable. If he is not subsumed, then something that is not a worldly dharma producing the world is unreasonable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2812.1.19) - [Next: 1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2812.1.21) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2812.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2812~en-mt.1.20) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [瑜伽師地論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.darsana.yogacara.yogacarabhumi*zh-xuanzang.7.30) — Classical Chinese - [顯揚聖教論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.darsana.yogacara.prakaranaryavacasastra*zh-xuanzang.10.17) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2812.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2812.1.20) · Pramāṇa