[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) › 2.180 # 大乘起信論義記 2.180 大乘起信論義記 2.180 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.2.180) 問：所現似法，豈不由彼執實有耶？答：雖由執實，然似恒非實，如影由質，影恒非質。鏡中現影，不現於質，不現質故，故云空鏡；能現影故，是因熏也。 > Question: Do the resembling phenomena that are manifested not arise due to that clinging to real existence? Answer: Although they arise due to clinging to the real, the resembling is perpetually not real, just as a shadow arises due to a physical form, yet the shadow is perpetually not the physical form. In a mirror, shadows appear, but the physical form does not appear. Because it does not manifest the physical form, it is called the 'empty mirror'; because it can manifest shadows, it is the 'perfuming as cause.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.2.179) - [Next: 2.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.2.181) - [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.2.180) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.2.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.2.180) · Pramāṇa