[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) › 2.17 # 起信論疏筆削記 2.17 起信論疏筆削記 2.17 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.2.17) 以何緣者，此責如上所為，本緣何事耶？令眾生者，三聚五性一切眾生也。離一切苦者，離三苦、八苦，分段、變易二生死苦也。得究竟樂者，謂得無上菩提覺法樂，無上涅槃寂靜樂。一得永得，更無過者，揀異人天二乘，故云究竟。 > "Conditioned by what?" asks what matter is the fundamental condition for the above undertaking. "To cause sentient beings" refers to all sentient beings of the three groups and the five natures. "To leave all suffering" means leaving the three sufferings and the eight sufferings, as well as the suffering of the two kinds of birth and death: samsaric death in portions and inconceivable transformation death. "To attain ultimate bliss" means attaining the bliss of realizing the Dharma of unexcelled bodhi and the tranquil bliss of unexcelled nirvāṇa. Once attained, it is attained forever, with nothing superior to it; it is distinguished from \[the attainments of\] humans, devas, and the two vehicles, and is therefore called "ultimate." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.2.16) - [Next: 2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.2.18) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848~en-mt.2.17) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.2.17) · Pramāṇa