一、三門無因破生等
1. Refuting the Unconditioned Nature of the Three Gates
復次：因不成故亦無生。何以故？
Furthermore, there is no arising because the cause is not established. Why is this so?
有果具果因，無果等非因，非有無相違。
If there is an effect, there is a cause that produces it. If there is no effect, there is no such cause. These two states do not contradict each other.
若有果者，具足果故說名為因。若無彼果，則同非因。若非有果非無果，則成相違，有無應不俱故。
If something produces a result, it is called a cause precisely because it brings that result to completion. If no such result exists, then it is no different from a non-cause. If something is said to be neither producing a result nor not producing a result, that becomes contradictory—because having and not having a result cannot both be true at the same time.
「有果無果及雙非，非無過因故無生。」
Whether it exists, does not exist, or both and neither—all such views are flawed and thus cannot give rise to true understanding.