[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) › 2.21 # 大乘起信論裂網疏 2.21 大乘起信論裂網疏 2.21 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.2.21) 問：真修增進固不名妄念矣，出觀之時，仍有微細無明妄念現行，那名都盡？答：出觀偶起微細妄念，即不名為隨順。所謂唯聖罔念作狂也；名字能知妄念無性，亦即名為隨順，所謂唯狂克念作聖也。以要言之，理即純逆，究竟純順。名字以上、等覺以下，皆悉逆順相雜。譬如初夜白月至十四夜，明雖漸增，黑相未盡。但分證已得無漏，永不退轉。譬如哉生明月，光照大地，亦得名為妄念都盡也。初正釋此心真如相竟。 > Question: The advancements of true cultivation are indeed not called deluded thoughts; but when emerging from contemplation, subtle deluded thoughts of ignorance still become active—how can they be called "entirely exhausted"? Answer: If upon emerging from contemplation a subtle deluded thought occasionally arises, that is not called accordant. As the saying goes, "Only a sage who neglects mindfulness becomes foolish." If at \[the stage of\] verbal understanding one can know that deluded thoughts lack self-nature, that is also called accordant, as the saying goes, "Only the foolish who master mindfulness become sages." In brief, the principle-identity is pure discordance, while the ultimate is pure accordance. From verbal understanding on up to virtual enlightenment and below, discordance and accordance are entirely intermingled. It is like the waxing moon from the first night to the fourteenth night: although the light gradually increases, the dark aspects are not yet exhausted. But having partially realized, one has attained the untainted and never regresses. It is like the crescent moon when first appearing, whose light shines upon the great earth; it may also be called "deluded thoughts entirely exhausted". The first part, correctly explaining the mark of tathatā of this mind, is concluded. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.2.20) - [Next: 2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.2.22) - [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.2.21) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.2.21) · Pramāṇa