[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) › 2.75 # 大乘起信論裂網疏 2.75 大乘起信論裂網疏 2.75 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.2.75) 此更以法合也。自性清淨心，即指現前介爾心性，體即真如，本來清淨，非成佛而始淨也。因無明風動者，無始已來從未悟故，法爾有八種識，第八識中法爾有無明種子，如水含動性。前七識現行，法爾與無明相應，如波有動相也。起識波浪者，如海水舉體作波也。如是三事皆無形相者，譬如指波所依名水，指水所起名波，指波之動名風。水外別無波動形相，波外別無水動形相，動外別無波水形相。說有三事，故非一；同依濕性，故非異。眾生亦爾，藏識之外別無轉識、無明形相，轉識之外別無藏識、無明形相，無明之外亦別無藏識、轉識形相。說有第八、前七、心所三事，故非一；同一真如淨心，故非異也。然性淨心是動識本者，如水之濕性是水波本也。無明滅時，動識隨滅者，合風滅時波動隨滅，不唯前七能熏相滅，即第八受熏和合相亦滅也。智性不壞者，合前非水性滅，不唯大圓鏡智之性不壞，即平等性智、妙觀、成所作智之性亦不壞也。初釋淨智相竟。 > This further matches \[the metaphor\] with doctrine. "The inherently pure mind" refers directly to the present fleeting mind-nature: its essence is tathatā, originally pure, not becoming pure only upon achieving Buddhahood. As for "stirred by the wind of ignorance," because from beginningless time \[sentient beings\] have never awakened, there are naturally the eight consciousnesses; within the eighth consciousness there are naturally the seeds of ignorance, like water holding the propensity to move. The active manifestations of the preceding seven consciousnesses are naturally associated with ignorance, like waves having the characteristic of movement. "Raising the waves of consciousness" is like the ocean's water moving in its entire substance to form waves. As for "these three things are all without physical characteristics," it is, for example, like designating that upon which the waves depend as water, designating that which arises from the water as waves, and designating the movement of the waves as wind. Outside of the water there are no separate physical characteristics of the movement of the waves; outside of the waves there are no separate physical characteristics of the water's movement; outside of the movement there are no separate physical characteristics of the waves and water. Because three things are spoken of, they are not one; because they equally rely on the nature of wetness, they are not different. Sentient beings are also like this: outside of the storehouse consciousness there are no separate physical characteristics of the transforming consciousnesses and ignorance; outside of the transforming consciousnesses there are no separate physical characteristics of the storehouse consciousness and ignorance; and outside of ignorance there are also no separate physical characteristics of the storehouse consciousness and the transforming consciousnesses. Because the eighth, the preceding seven, and the mental factors—these three things—are spoken of, they are not one; because they share the identical pure mind of tathatā, they are not different. As for "yet the inherently pure mind is the root of the moving consciousness," it is like the wet nature of water being the root of the water's waves. As for "when ignorance ceases, the moving consciousness ceases along with it," matching when the wind ceases the movement of waves ceases along with it, not only do the marks of the preceding seven \[consciousnesses\] as perfuming agents cease, but the mark of combination as the object of perfuming in the eighth \[consciousness\] also ceases. As for "the nature of wisdom is not destroyed," matching the earlier "the nature of water does not cease," not only is the nature of the great mirror wisdom not destroyed, but the natures of the wisdom of equality, marvellous contemplation, and duty-fulfillment are also not destroyed. The first section, explaining the mark of pure wisdom, is finished. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.2.74) - [Next: 2.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.2.76) - [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.2.75) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.2.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.2.75) · Pramāṇa