[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) › 12.42 # 起信論疏筆削記 12.42 起信論疏筆削記 12.42 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [12.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.12.42) 治中，疏　七地等者，以此地已還，法空觀有間斷，有相有功用，遂於染淨境界未免分別。然從二地已來，分分除斷，故云漸也。八地下，釋得離此染所以。以若殘此染，則不登七地，豈況至八？故至七地門中都盡此染也。以二地下，釋二地名，謂攝律儀、善法、眾生三聚具足，以遠離微細破戒垢故，名離垢地。準《華嚴》說，十地如次修十波羅蜜，此即正當戒波羅蜜。餘地非不持戒，以約增勝說故。以七下，釋七地名。斯則八地名無相，七地名方便，謂與無相地作方便故，斯則無相之方便也。以八地下，轉釋，可知。 > In the antidote, Commentary: "The seventh bhūmi and so forth" means that prior to this bhūmi, the contemplation of dharma-emptiness has interruptions, has marks, and has effort; consequently, one cannot avoid conceptually differentiating defiled and pure objects. However, since the second bhūmi, it is eliminated and severed part by part; therefore it says "gradually." "The eighth bhūmi..." below explains the reason one comes to be free from this defilement. For if this defilement remained, one could not ascend to the seventh bhūmi, let alone reach the eighth; thus, upon arriving at the threshold of the seventh bhūmi, this defilement is entirely exhausted. "Because of the second bhūmi..." below explains the name of the second bhūmi: it means that the three collections of precepts—restraint, wholesome dharmas, and sentient beings—are complete; because of being free from the subtle defilement of breaking precepts, it is named the Immaculate Bhūmi. According to the \*Avataṃsaka\*, the ten bhūmis cultivate the ten pāramitās in order; this precisely corresponds to the morality pāramitā. It is not that precepts are not maintained on other bhūmis, but rather that it is explained in terms of preeminence. "Because of the seventh..." below explains the name of the seventh bhūmi. Thus the eighth bhūmi is named "Markless" and the seventh bhūmi is named "Skillful Means," meaning that it acts as a skillful means for the Markless Bhūmi; this is then the skillful means of the markless. "Because of the eighth bhūmi..." below further explains, which can be understood. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.12.41) - [Next: 12.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.12.43) - [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.12.42) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.12.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.12.42) · Pramāṇa