[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) › 2.20 # 大乘起信論義疏 2.20 大乘起信論義疏 2.20 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1843.2.20) 問曰：地前菩薩五生自在，何故未得自在業耶？答：隱細從麁，是故此論。 > Question: Bodhisattvas before the stages possess sovereignty over five births; why have they not yet attained sovereign activity? Answer: Concealing the subtle and following the coarse, this treatise therefore speaks thus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1843.2.19) - [Next: 2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1843.2.21) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1843.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1843~en-mt.2.20) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1843.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1843.2.20) · Pramāṇa