[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) › 2.135 # 大乘起信論義記 2.135 大乘起信論義記 2.135 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.2.135) 雖始得無念之覺，然其所覺四相本來無起，待何不覺而有始覺之異？「以四相俱時」下，釋成上義。以彼四相一心所成，鉤鎖連注無有前後，離淨心外無別自體，無自體故本來平等同一本覺；然未至此位，隨其智力前後而覺，未稱法故不得同本。今既四相俱時平等，覺知皆無自體、同一本覺，是故則無始覺之異。 > Although one newly attains the awakening of thoughtlessness, nevertheless the four marks that are awakened to originally never arose; depending on what non-enlightenment could there be the difference of an incipient enlightenment? From 'because the four marks \[exist\] simultaneously' onward, it explains and establishes the above meaning. Because those four marks are formed by the One Mind, linked like a chain in continuous succession without before or after, apart from the pure mind they have no separate intrinsic nature. Having no intrinsic nature, they are originally equal and identical to the one innate enlightenment. However, before reaching this rank, according to their intellectual power, \[practitioners\] awaken before or after; since they do not accord with the Dharma, they cannot be identical with the innate. Now, since the four marks are simultaneously equal, and one awakens to know that none of them has an intrinsic nature and all are identical with the one innate enlightenment, for this reason there is no difference of incipient enlightenment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.2.134) - [Next: 2.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.2.136) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846~en-mt.2.135) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.2.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.2.135) · Pramāṇa