[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) › 12.22 # 起信論疏筆削記 12.22 起信論疏筆削記 12.22 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [12.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.12.22) 顯不變。論　常無念者，無念即覺義。既常是覺，即無不覺。無不覺故，名為不變。疏　雖舉等者，如杌不作鬼、繩不為蛇、東處無西等。緣起因體，即前自性淨心，是此緣起體也，故云心性。 > Revealing non-change. The Śāstra states: "Constantly thoughtless": thoughtlessness is precisely the sense of enlightenment. Since it is constantly enlightenment, there is no non-enlightenment. Because there is no non-enlightenment, it is named "unchanging." Commentary: "Although advancing..." and so on: just as a tree stump does not become a ghost, a rope does not become a snake, and the eastern direction has no west, etc. The causal essence of dependent origination is the aforementioned naturally pure mind, which is the essence of this dependent origination; hence it is called "the nature of mind." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.12.21) - [Next: 12.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.12.23) - [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.12.22) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.12.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.12.22) · Pramāṇa