[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) › [大方廣圓覺修多羅了義經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.842) › 1.26 # 大方廣圓覺修多羅了義經 1.26 大方廣圓覺修多羅了義經 1.26 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.842.1.26) 「善男子！譬如幻瞖妄見空花，幻翳若除，不可說言：『此瞖已滅，何時更起一切諸翳？』何以故？瞖花二法非相待故。亦如空花滅於空時，不可說言虛空何時更起空花？何以故？空本無花非起滅故。生死涅槃同於起滅，妙覺圓照離於花瞖。善男子！當知虛空非是暫有亦非暫無，況復如來圓覺隨順，而為虛空平等本性。 > "Kulaputra, it is like cataracts of illusion mistakenly seeing flowers in the sky: once the cataracts of illusion are removed, one cannot say, 'Now that these cataracts have ceased, when will all cataracts arise again?' Why is this? Because cataracts and flowers are two phenomena that are not mutually dependent. It is also like flowers in the sky ceasing in empty space: one cannot say, 'When will empty space give rise to flowers in the sky again?' Why is this? Because space originally has no flowers; they are not something that arises and ceases. Saṃsāra and nirvāṇa are identical to arising and cessation; marvelous enlightenment's perfect illumination is free from both flowers and cataracts. Kulaputra, you should know that empty space is neither temporarily existent nor temporarily non-existent; how much more so is the Tathāgata's perfect enlightenment, which accords with it and forms the equal, original nature of empty space! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.842.1.25) - [Next: 1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.842.1.27) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.842.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.842~en-mt.1.26) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大方廣圓覺修多羅了義經略疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1795.1.1018) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.842.1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.842.1.26) · Pramāṇa