人空

Man is only a temporary combination formed by the five skandhas and the twelve (sa) nidānas, being the product of previous causes, and without a real self or permanent soul. Hīnayāna is said to end these causes and consequent reincarnation by discipline in subjection of the passions and entry into nirvana by the emptying of the self. Mahāyāna fills the "void" with the Absolute, declaring that when man has emptied himself of the ego he realizes his nature to be that of the absolute, (sa) bhūtatathatā; v. [lang id =1028]二空.

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人空即我空也， 亦曰生空。 謂凡夫妄計五蘊是我， 強立主宰， 引生煩惱， 造種種業。 佛為破此計， 故說五蘊無我。 二乘悟之， 入無我理， 是名人空。 （五蘊者， 色蘊、 受蘊、 想蘊、 行蘊、 識蘊也。 二乘者， 聲聞乘、 緣覺乘也。 ）

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又名生空， 或我空， 即觀人身是五蘊假合而有， 其性本空， 亦即悟五蘊無我的真理。