[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) › [大乘起信論義疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1843) › 1.31 # 大乘起信論義疏 1.31 大乘起信論義疏 1.31 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1843.1.31) 言作用者，本在凡時但是理體，無有真用，但本有義，後隨對治，始生真用，是故說為方便報佛有作因果。又云：但是一中，義分為二：言能生一切世間出世間善因果者，世間是其染用之義；出世間者淨用之義。此是總說理用也。下就人以顯諸佛。本所乘者，依此識故，諸佛得成，無此餘緣故、本所乘故。「菩薩皆乘此法到如來地」者，此識為正因。菩薩修行得成佛道，此之用也。自下緣也。 > As for active function: originally, when in the ordinary stage, there is only the principle-essence without true function, having only the meaning of original existence. Later, following counteragents, true function first arises; therefore it is spoken of as the saṃbhogakāya Buddha of expedient means, fabricated cause and effect. It is also said: it is merely within the one that meanings are divided into two. The statement that it "can generate all mundane and supramundane wholesome causes and effects" means that the mundane is the meaning of its defiled function, and the supramundane is the meaning of its pure function. This is a general explanation of the function of the principle. Below, it reveals all the Buddhas with respect to persons. "That which was originally mounted": relying on this consciousness, all Buddhas achieve attainment; because there are no other conditions, it is that which was originally mounted. "All bodhisattvas mount this Dharma to reach the stage of the Tathāgata": this consciousness is the direct cause. Bodhisattvas cultivate practice to achieve the Buddha path: this is its function. From here downward are the conditions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1843.1.30) - [Next: 1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1843.1.32) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1843.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1843~en-mt.1.31) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1843.1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1843.1.31) · Pramāṇa