[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) › 3.92 # 大乘起信論義記 3.92 大乘起信論義記 3.92 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.3.92) 合中二，謂染淨熏也。言熏故有染相者，顯真無相，隨熏現相，又顯妄法無體，故但云相。又當相自無返流之用，故云相不云用也。此約隨流生滅門說，此釋經中「如來藏為惡習所熏」等。二、有淨用者，此是生滅門中本覺真如，故有熏義，真如門中則無此義。由此本覺內熏不覺，令成厭求，返流順真，故云用也。此釋經中「由有如來藏故能厭生死苦，樂求涅槃」也。《涅槃經》云「闡提之人未來佛性力故，還生善根。」彼言佛性力者，即此本覺內熏之力耳。良以一識含此二義，更互相熏遍生染淨故也。此中佛者是覺，性者是本，故名佛性為本覺也。 > In the application there are two, meaning defiled and pure perfuming. Saying 'through perfuming there are marks of defilement': this reveals that the true is without marks, but manifests marks following perfuming; it also reveals that false phenomena have no substance, hence it only says 'marks'. Furthermore, according to its marks, it intrinsically has no function of reversing the flow, hence it says 'marks' and not 'function'. This is spoken in terms of following the flow in the gate of arising and ceasing, and explains what the sūtra calls 'the tathāgatagarbha is perfumed by evil tendencies', etc. Second, 'there is pure function': this is innate enlightenment tathatā within the gate of arising and ceasing, and therefore it has the meaning of perfuming; within the gate of tathatā there is no such meaning. Because of this innate enlightenment internally perfuming non-enlightenment, it causes one to produce revulsion and seeking, reversing the flow and according with the true, hence it is called 'function'. This explains what the sūtra calls 'because of the existence of the tathāgatagarbha, one can loathe the suffering of birth-and-death and happily seek nirvāṇa.' The Nirvāṇa Sūtra says: 'Due to the power of their future Buddha-nature, icchantikas will generate good roots again.' What it calls 'the power of Buddha-nature' is precisely the power of this innate enlightenment's internal perfuming. Truly, it is because one consciousness contains these two meanings that they mutually perfume each other to universally generate defilement and purity. Here, 'Buddha' is enlightenment, and 'nature' is innate; hence Buddha-nature is named 'innate enlightenment'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.3.91) - [Next: 3.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.3.93) - [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.3.92) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.3.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.3.92) · Pramāṇa