[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) › 13.31 # 起信論疏筆削記 13.31 起信論疏筆削記 13.31 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [13.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.13.31) 喻中，論　如世間等者，若望法合，則有二說：一者，以衣喻一心，香喻染淨，以香有可意不可意故。二者，以衣本無香而熏之，有香通喻染淨熏習之義。以淨本無染，熏之有染；染本無淨，熏之有淨。但取大抵通意，不必分喻別配，後意為正。 > In the metaphor, the treatise states: "Just as in the world..." When matched with the dharma, there are two explanations: First, clothing is used as a metaphor for the One Mind, and incense as a metaphor for defilement and purity, because incense can be pleasant or unpleasant. Second, clothing originally has no fragrance, but through being perfumed comes to have fragrance, which serves as a general metaphor for the meaning of the perfuming of defilement and purity. Because purity originally has no defilement, when perfumed it comes to have defilement; defilement originally has no purity, but when perfumed it comes to have purity. One should simply take the general, overarching meaning without necessarily dividing the metaphor into separate correspondences; the latter meaning is correct. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 13.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.13.30) - [Next: 13.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.13.32) - [Up: 13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.13) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848~en-mt.13.31) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.13.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.13.31) · Pramāṇa