[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) › [大方廣圓覺修多羅了義經略疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1795) › 2.246 # 大方廣圓覺修多羅了義經略疏 2.246 大方廣圓覺修多羅了義經略疏 2.246 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.246](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1795.2.246) 我體本無，唯心故有。心既念念無常，我亦念念生滅。故《淨名》云：「是身如電，念念不住故。」《論》云：「一切眾生不名為覺，以從本來念念相續，故說無始無明。」 > The substance of the self is fundamentally non-existent; it exists solely because of the mind. Since the mind is impermanent from thought to thought, the self also arises and ceases thought by thought. Therefore the Vimalakīrtinirdeśa says: "This body is like lightning, for it does not abide thought by thought." The Treatise \[on Awakening of Faith\] says: "All sentient beings are not called enlightened, because from the beginning their thoughts have continued in succession; therefore it is called beginningless avidyā." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.245](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1795.2.245) - [Next: 2.247](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1795.2.247) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1795.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1795~en-mt.2.246) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1795.2.246](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1795.2.246) · Pramāṇa