[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) › 3.7 # 大乘起信論裂網疏 3.7 大乘起信論裂網疏 3.7 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.3.7) 東西定方，以喻真如。如其定方而正了知，以喻覺義。迷東為西，以喻不覺妄念。方非迷悟，為迷悟依，悟方之時，方外別無悟相可得，以喻如外無智；迷方之時，方外別無迷相可得，以喻真如之外別無妄念，是故妄念自無實相也。 > East and west as fixed directions are a metaphor for tathatā. Correctly understanding in accordance with their fixed directions is a metaphor for the meaning of enlightenment. Confusing east for west is a metaphor for the deluded thoughts of non-enlightenment. The directions are neither delusion nor awakening, but serve as the basis for delusion and awakening; when one awakens to the directions, outside of the directions there is no separate mark of awakening to be apprehended, which is a metaphor for there being no wisdom outside of suchness; when one is confused about the directions, outside of the directions there is no separate mark of delusion to be apprehended, which is a metaphor for there being no deluded thoughts outside of tathatā; therefore, deluded thoughts themselves have no real mark. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.3.6) - [Next: 3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.3.8) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850~en-mt.3.7) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.3.7) · Pramāṇa