[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) › 20.25 # 起信論疏筆削記 20.25 起信論疏筆削記 20.25 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [20.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.20.25) 防退中，論　眾生者，十信初心之上品也。怯弱等者，謂於生死中創起覺悟，惑業則無始積集，善行則方將修學，境強心弱，障重力微，在於觀心寧無恐劣。娑婆者，此云堪忍，具足五濁，實不可居，故經云：此濁惡世，地獄、餓鬼、畜生充滿，多不善聚，唯佛如來堪忍住故，亦可修忍，勝餘方故。不能常值等者，以穢土之中雖有佛出，然不久住，即入滅度，動經多劫空過無佛。行者或生佛前、或生佛後，皆不得值。以不值故不能供養親近，承受聖旨。懼謂等者，其猶孤子未及成人，便失恃怙，寧不憂勞將無所損。行人亦爾，無佛為勝緣，內心又微弱，況茲穢境，五濁混然，期心上求，實為難進，擬退聖道。 > Under 'preventing regression,' the treatise states: 'sentient beings' refers to the superior grade at the initial mind of the ten faiths. 'Cowardly and weak,' etc., means that they have newly aroused awakening amidst saṃsāra, while their afflictions and karmas have accumulated from beginningless time, and their wholesome practices are only now to be cultivated and learned. The objects are strong and the mind is weak; the obstacles are heavy and their strength is slight. In contemplating the mind, how could there not be fear and inferiority? 'Sahā' is translated here as 'endurance.' Being fully endowed with the five defilements, it is truly uninhabitable. Thus the sūtra says: 'This defiled and evil world is filled with hells, hungry ghosts, and animals, a gathering of much that is unwholesome; only the Buddha, the Tathāgata, is able to endure abiding here.' One can also cultivate patience here, which surpasses other directions. 'Unable to constantly meet,' etc., means that although Buddhas appear in the defiled land, they do not abide for long before entering parinirvāṇa, and dynamic passages of many eons pass in vain without a Buddha. Practitioners, whether born before a Buddha or born after a Buddha, are unable to meet one. Because they do not meet \[a Buddha\], they cannot make offerings, draw near, and receive the sacred instructions. 'Fear,' etc., is like an orphan who, before reaching adulthood, loses both father and mother; how could he not be anxious and toil, lest harm befall him? The practitioner is also like this: lacking a Buddha as a superior condition, while their inner mind is also weak, and moreover in this defiled sphere the five defilements are mixed together; aspiring in mind to seek above, it is truly difficult to advance, and they tend to regress from the sacred path. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 20.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.20.24) - [Next: 20.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.20.26) - [Up: 20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.20) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848~en-mt.20.25) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.20.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.20.25) · Pramāṇa