Tuesday, July 21, 2009

There is an unborn, unoriginated, uncreated, unformed

There is this interesting speech by Buddha found in a Buddhist scripture accepted by all schools of Buddhism:
“There is, O monks, an unborn, unoriginated, uncreated, unformed. Were there not, O monks, this unborn, unoriginated, uncreated, unformed, there would be no escape from the world of the born, originated, created, formed.
“Since, O monks, there is an unborn, unoriginated, uncreated, and unformed, therefore is there an escape from the born, originated, created, formed.”
"比丘們,不生、不有(非緣起)、非造作、無爲(之維度)實有。若無不生、不有、非造作、無爲(之維度),則不能辨知從生、有、造作、有爲的解脫。
然而,正因爲不生、不有、非造作、無爲(之維度)實有,才得以辨知從生、有、造作、有爲的解脫。"
The Gospel of Buddha - Sermon at the bamboo grove at Rajagaha
Udana (自說經) 8:3

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