[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) › 12.16 # 起信論疏筆削記 12.16 起信論疏筆削記 12.16 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [12.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.12.16) 論　謂依下，二、菩薩分知。疏　十信等者，謂此菩薩雖位在外凡，而能信教，了知本識因緣所生，無有自性，決定無體，唯是真如，方成正信。故下說十信菩薩信真如，及修真如三昧，以成正信之行。因果體者，因即無明，果即本識三相也，體即真如也。三賢等者，異前位之信、殊後位之證，故言觀察。比觀者，既未親證，但比度觀察，即相似覺也。論　證法身，即初地已去，究竟即十地，乃至之言攝於中八，隨分覺故不能盡知。然初地且約破法執，故說為少知。若克就識論，八地方覺此識現相也。 > The Śāstra states: "Namely, relying on..." Below, second: bodhisattvas partially knowing it. Commentary: "The ten faiths" and so on: this means that although these bodhisattvas are in the rank of external ordinary beings, they are able to believe in the teaching and fully understand that the fundamental consciousness is produced by causes and conditions, has no self-nature, and is definitely without substance, being solely tathatā; only then do they achieve correct faith. Therefore, below it states that bodhisattvas of the ten faiths believe in tathatā and cultivate the samādhi of tathatā to complete the practice of correct faith. As for "cause, result, and essence": the cause is avidyā, the result is the three marks of the fundamental consciousness, and the essence is tathatā. "The three ranks of the worthy" and so on: differing from the faith of the preceding stages and distinct from the realization of the succeeding stages, it is therefore said that they "contemplate." "Inferential contemplation": since they have not yet directly realized it, they merely contemplate through inferential deduction, which is a semblance of enlightenment. The Śāstra states: "Realizing the dharmakāya"—this is from the initial ground onward; "ultimate" is the tenth ground; the phrase "up to" subsumes the eight intermediate \[grounds\]. Because they are enlightened according to their capacity, they cannot fully know it. However, the initial ground is discussed primarily in terms of breaking attachment to dharmas, so it is said to be "slight knowledge." If determined strictly in terms of consciousness, only on the eighth ground does one become aware of the manifesting mark of this consciousness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.12.15) - [Next: 12.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.12.17) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.12) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848~en-mt.12.16) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.12.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.12.16) · Pramāṇa