[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) › 14.11 # 起信論疏筆削記 14.11 起信論疏筆削記 14.11 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [14.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.14.11) 喻中，論木喻眾生，火性喻本覺，人知喻佛等。方便即鑽燧之事，喻悲願說法。燒木即先有火起，火喻發心修行，燒木喻斷煩惱。此中若無及不假之言，正顯闕緣也。 > In the simile, in the Śāstra, wood illustrates sentient beings; the fire-nature illustrates original enlightenment; the person's knowledge illustrates the Buddha, and so on. Skillful means—the activity of using a fire drill—illustrates the compassionate vows and preaching of the Dharma. The burning of the wood means that fire first arises; the fire illustrates giving rise to the mind \[for bodhi\] and cultivating practice, and the burning of the wood illustrates severing afflictions. Here, the words "if there is no" and "without relying on" directly show the absence of conditions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 14.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.14.10) - [Next: 14.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.14.12) - [Up: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.14) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848~en-mt.14.11) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.14.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.14.11) · Pramāṇa