[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) › 3.115 # 大乘起信論義記 3.115 大乘起信論義記 3.115 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.3.115) 釋中分別事識，即是上意識也。以此識不知諸塵唯是識故，執心外實有境界。凡夫二乘雖有發心趣向解脫，而猶計有生死可厭、涅槃可欣，不了唯心道理，仍復由此作意力故，久後還得菩提，故云分別事識熏習乃至漸向無上道故。 > In the explanation, the differentiating empirical consciousness is the aforementioned mental consciousness. Because this consciousness does not know that the various dusts are only consciousness, it grasps that real objective realms exist outside the mind. Although ordinary beings and followers of the two vehicles give rise to the aspiration to advance toward liberation, they still consider that there is a birth-and-death to be loathed and a nirvāṇa to be desired, failing to understand the principle of mind-only; yet, through the power of this intention, after a long time they still attain bodhi. Therefore it says, "the perfuming of the differentiating empirical consciousness... gradually advance toward the unsurpassed path." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.3.114) - [Next: 3.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.3.116) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846~en-mt.3.115) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [大乘起信論別記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1845.1.174) — Classical Chinese - [起信論疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1844.2.1.3) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.3.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.3.115) · Pramāṇa