[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) › [起信論疏筆削記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848) › 1.32 # 起信論疏筆削記 1.32 起信論疏筆削記 1.32 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.1.32) 隨派下，喻明也。水分流謂之派，路分徑謂之岐。今取岐派共為一喻，謂如一源之水隨何岐路分流成派。真心亦爾，隨何因緣作凡聖等，如下即明。 > From "Following the branches..." onwards explains through a simile. When water diverges in its flow, it is called a "branch" (派); when a road forks into paths, it is called a "fork" (岐). Here, forks and branches are taken together as a single simile, meaning that just as water from a single source divides its flow into branches according to whatever fork in the road it meets, the true mind is likewise: in accordance with whatever causes and conditions, it becomes ordinary beings, sages, and so forth, as will be clarified below. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.1.31) - [Next: 1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.1.33) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848~en-mt.1.32) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.1.32) · Pramāṇa