[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) › [大乘起信論義記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846) › 1.25 # 大乘起信論義記 1.25 大乘起信論義記 1.25 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.1.25) 問：大乘中聲表善惡，聲是無記，名句文亦是無記。云何無記為聖教體？答：諸佛菩薩後得智說故，俱是善也。《十地論》「名善字等是也。」 > Question: In the Mahāyāna, sound expresses good and evil, yet sound is indeterminate, and names, sentences, and phonemes are also indeterminate. How can the indeterminate be the essence of the sacred teaching? Answer: Because they are spoken through the subsequently attained cognition of Buddhas and bodhisattvas, they are both good. As the Daśabhūmikaśāstra says: 'Good names, words, and so forth are this.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.1.24) - [Next: 1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.1.26) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846~en-mt.1.25) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.1.25) · Pramāṇa