[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) › 3.17 # 大乘起信論義記 3.17 大乘起信論義記 3.17 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.3.17) 「雖有」下，釋緣起甚深義，即染而不染也。《勝鬘經》云「自性清淨心難可了知，彼心為煩惱所染亦難了知。」乃至結云唯佛能知。《楞伽經》中亦同此說，故彼經云「如來藏是清淨相，客塵煩惱垢染不淨。」乃至廣說。下結云「我今與汝及諸菩薩甚深智者，能了別也。」 > From "Although there is" downward, explaining the extremely profound meaning of pratītyasamutpāda, which is being undefiled while defiled. The Śrīmālādevīsiṃhanādasūtra says: "The intrinsically pure mind is difficult to comprehend; that that mind is defiled by afflictions is also difficult to comprehend"; up to concluding that only the Buddha can know it. The Laṅkāvatārasūtra also speaks in the same way, as that sūtra says: "The tathāgatagarbha has the characteristic of purity, yet it is defiled and impure by adventitious defilements"; and so forth at length. Below it concludes: "Now I, together with you and those bodhisattvas of profound wisdom, are able to comprehend it." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.3.16) - [Next: 3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.3.18) - [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.3.17) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [大乘起信論廣釋卷第三．四．五](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.3.75) — Classical Chinese - [大乘起信論別記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1845.1.129) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.3.17) · Pramāṇa