[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) › [大乘起信論裂網疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850) › 2.15 # 大乘起信論裂網疏 2.15 大乘起信論裂網疏 2.15 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.2.15) 從本已來不可言說、不可分別，一切言說唯假非實，但隨妄念無所有故。言真如者，此亦無相，但是一切言說中極，以言遣言，非其體性有少可遣、有少可立。 > From the beginning it cannot be spoken of and cannot be conceptualized; all verbal explanations are merely provisional and not real, because they merely accord with deluded thoughts and are nonexistent. What is called tathatā is also markless; it is merely the culmination of all verbal explanations, using words to dismiss words, not that its essential nature has anything that can be dismissed or anything that can be established. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.2.14) - [Next: 2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.2.16) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850~en-mt.2.15) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大乘起信論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.darsana.yogacara.mahayanasraddhotpadasastra*zh-siksananda.1.8) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.2.15) · Pramāṇa