Visuddhimagga XVII-23

 Pacchimena ca padenāti dhammānaṃ uppādaparidīpakena samuppādapadena paccayasāmaggiyaṃ dhammānaṃ uppattito vihatā ucchedanatthikaakiriyavādāti ucchedādivighāto paridīpito hoti. Purimapurimapaccayavasena hi punappunaṃ uppajjamānesu dhammesu kuto ucchedo, natthikākiriyavādā cāti.

「以后句」──即以说明诸法生起的「起」的一句,由于缘的和合而得诸法的生起,所以是破灭断论、非有论及无作论等,故(以起的一句)「说明断等的破灭」,因为由于前前的缘而数数生起后后的法,怎么是断、非有或无作的呢?

Ñ(XVII,23): The second: the word 'origination' (samuppāda) indicates the arising of the states, since these occur when their conditions combine, and it shows how to prevent annihilationism, etc., thus preventing the various doctrines of annihilation [of a soul], nihilism, ['there is no use in giving', etc.,] and moral-inefficacy-of-action, ['there is no other world', etc.]; for when states [are seen to] arise again and again, each conditioned by its predecessor, how can the doctrines of annihilationism, nihilism, and moral-inefficacy-of-action be maintained?



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