[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) › 3.271 # 大乘起信論義記 3.271 大乘起信論義記 3.271 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.271](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.3.271) 第二中言乃至涅槃真如等畢竟空離一切相者，《大品經》云「乃至涅槃，如幻如夢。若當有法勝涅槃者，我說亦復如幻、如夢」也。以不知為破情計有故，即執性德唯是其無，故云以不知等也。 > In the second \[section\], as for the phrase "even that \[...\] nirvāṇa, tathatā, and so on are ultimately empty and free from all characteristics": the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra says, "Even nirvāṇa is like an illusion and like a dream. If there were any phenomenon surpassing nirvāṇa, I would say that it, too, is like an illusion and like a dream." Because one does not know that this was meant to demolish the conceptual positing of existence by the deluded mind, one grasps the virtues of nature as being solely non-existent; hence \[the text\] says, "Because one does not know..." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.270](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.3.270) - [Next: 3.272](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.3.272) - [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.3.271) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.3.271](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.3.271) · Pramāṇa