- 生即無生無生即生
- To be born is not to be born, not to be born is to be born-- an instance of the identity of contraries. It is an accepted doctrine of the 般若 (sa) prajñā teaching and the ultimate doctrine of the 三論 Mādhyamika school. Birth, creation, life, each is but a 假 temporary term, in common statement 俗諦 it is called birth, in truth 真諦 it is not birth; in the relative it is birth, in the absolute non-birth.
Chinese Buddhist terms dictionary (Chinese-English). William Edward Soothil and Lewis Hodous. 2006.