[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) › 3.17 # 釋摩訶衍論 3.17 釋摩訶衍論 3.17 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1668.3.17) 論曰：清淨真如從無始來，平等平等自性清淨，不生不滅亦無去來亦無住所。而真如理性不守自性故隨緣動轉，是故名為染淨真如。如是真如，二染淨智親所內證，相應俱有不相捨離。如是等義，觀前所說比類應知。以何義故強名虛空？字事差別其相云何？頌曰： > The treatise says: Pure tathatā from beginningless time is equally and identically pure by self-nature, neither arising nor ceasing, having neither going nor coming, nor an abiding place. Yet the principle and nature of tathatā does not maintain its own nature and therefore moves and transforms according to conditions; hence it is named defiled-and-pure tathatā. Such tathatā is directly and internally realized by the two kinds of defiled-and-pure wisdom, being associated and coexisting without abandoning one another. Such meanings should be known by analogy with what was previously explained. By what meaning is it forcibly named 'space'? What is the character of the distinction in its literal meaning? The verse says: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1668.3.16) - [Next: 3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1668.3.18) - [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.3.17) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1668.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1668.3.17) · Pramāṇa