[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) › 3.348 # 大乘起信論義記 3.348 大乘起信論義記 3.348 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.348](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.3.348) 文處可知。如《纓絡本業經》中言「七住已前，名為退分。若不值善知識者，若一劫乃至十劫，退菩提心，如淨目天子、法才王子、舍利弗等欲入第七住，其間值惡知識因緣故，退入凡夫不善趣中。」乃至廣說。今釋此經意，是權語，非實退，但恐彼初人，令不慢怠故也。 > The context of the text may be understood. As stated in the Yingluo benye jing: 'Prior to the seventh abidance, it is called the stage of regression. If one does not encounter a good friend, for one eon up to ten eons, one regresses from the bodhicitta. Just as the devaputra Śubhākṣa, Prince Dharmaruci, Śāriputra, and others wished to enter the seventh abidance, but in the interim, through the causal condition of encountering bad companions, regressed into the unwholesome destinies of ordinary beings,' and so on in detail. Now, explaining the intention of this sūtra: these are provisional words, not an actual regression; it merely terrifies those beginners to keep them from arrogance and indolence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.347](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.3.347) - [Next: 3.349](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.3.349) - [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.3.348) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大乘起信論別記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1845.1.192) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.3.348](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.3.348) · Pramāṇa