[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) › 3.437 # 大乘起信論義記 3.437 大乘起信論義記 3.437 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.437](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.3.437) 言亦不得隨心乃至以心除心者，若心外有實境，心緣此境時，抑令不緣不可得，故後以心除之。今既心外無塵，即所取無相，所取無相故，能取自然不得生，何動後心方便除也。心若馳散攝住正念者，初習多馳，故攝令住正。何者正念而言令住？所謂唯心無外境也。妄境既無，唯心亦寂，故云即復此心亦無自相，念念不可得也。 > “Must also never follow the mind… nor subsequently eliminate mind with mind”: if there were real objects outside the mind, when the mind focuses on such objects it would be impossible to repress it from focusing; hence one would subsequently eliminate it with mind. Now, since there are no dust-objects outside the mind, the grasped is signless; and because the grasped is signless, the grasper naturally cannot arise—why activate a subsequent mind to expediently eliminate it? “If the mind becomes scattered and distracted, one should gather it in to dwell in right mindfulness”: in the beginning of practice it wanders much, so one gathers it to make it dwell upright. What is right mindfulness that one is told to dwell in it? It is the so-called mind-only, without external perceptual objects. Since delusive objects are absent, mind-only is also tranquil; hence it says, “furthermore, this mind itself also has no self-characteristic, and is unobtainable from thought to thought.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.436](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.3.436) - [Next: 3.438](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.3.438) - [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.3.437) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.3.437](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.3.437) · Pramāṇa