[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) › [大乘起信論別記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1845) › 1.91 # 大乘起信論別記 1.91 大乘起信論別記 1.91 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1845.1.91) 言「若離不覺則無真覺自相可說」者，是明所說真覺必待不覺，若不相待則無自相。待他而有亦無自相，自相既無，何有他相？是顯諸法無所得也。如下文言「當知一切染法淨法皆悉相待，無有自相可說。」《智度論》云「若世諦如毫釐許有實者，第一義諦亦應可實。」此之謂也。 > The statement "If separated from non-enlightenment, there is no self-characteristic of true enlightenment that can be expounded" explains that the expounded true enlightenment necessarily depends on non-enlightenment; if they did not depend on each other, there would be no self-characteristic. What exists in dependence on another also has no self-characteristic; since the self-characteristic is absent, how could there be the characteristic of another? This reveals that all dharmas are ungraspable. As the text below says: "One should know that all defiled dharmas and pure dharmas are mutually dependent, having no self-characteristic that can be expounded." The Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa says: "If the conventional truth were real even to the slightest degree, the ultimate truth would also have to be real." This is what it means. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1845.1.90) - [Next: 1.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1845.1.92) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1845.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1845~en-mt.1.91) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [宗鏡錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.6.12) — Classical Chinese - [起信論疏筆削記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.10.61) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1845.1.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1845.1.91) · Pramāṇa