[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [釋摩訶衍論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1668) › 3.11 # 釋摩訶衍論 3.11 釋摩訶衍論 3.11 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1668.3.11) 論曰：從無始來始覺般若無惑亂時，而無惑時今始初覺，故名始覺。如是始覺，前惑後覺即非始覺，而無惑時理，常今常初故，名為始覺。如是始覺，二始覺中當何覺耶？謂清淨始覺，非染淨始覺。染淨始覺字事差別其相云何？頌曰： > The treatise says: From beginningless time, there has never been a time when initial awakening prajñā was deluded or confused; and at this time of no delusion, it now initially awakens, hence it is called 'initial awakening'. Such initial awakening—if there were previous delusion followed by later awakening, it would not be initial awakening; yet in the principle of the time of no delusion, it is constantly now and constantly initial, and is therefore called initial awakening. Such initial awakening—among the two initial awakenings, which awakening is this? It refers to pure initial awakening, not defiled-and-pure initial awakening. What is the character of the distinction in literal meaning of defiled-and-pure initial awakening? The verse says: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1668.3.10) - [Next: 3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1668.3.12) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1668.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1668~en-mt.3.11) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1668.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1668.3.11) · Pramāṇa