[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) › 4.10 # 大乘起信論裂網疏 4.10 大乘起信論裂網疏 4.10 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.4.10) 無明染相，通指無明所起心、心所等。亦是真如舉體所成，性非染淨，特以既受染熏，譬如臭衣，故無淨業也。真如熏故者，是以修德無漏淨法而熏習之，如以香熏彼臭衣也。說有淨用者，譬如因除臭氣，方顯香之用也。夫有染相，必有染用，而染用流轉生死，過失深重，故不言之。夫有淨用，必有淨相，而淨相冥合淨體，非世所測，故不言之。初總標熏習義竟。 > 'The defiled marks of nescience' refers generally to the mind, mental factors, and so forth arisen from nescience. They are also constituted by the entire substance of tathatā, and their nature is neither defiled nor pure; but precisely because they have received defiled perfuming, like foul clothing, they have no pure karma. 'Because tathatā perfumes it' means perfuming it with the untainted pure dharmas of cultivated virtue, like perfuming that foul clothing with fragrance. 'It is said to have pure functions' is like: because the foul scent is removed, the function of fragrance is then manifested. Now, where there are defiled marks, there must be defiled functions; but since defiled functions wander through birth and death and their faults are profound and grave, they are not mentioned here. Where there are pure functions, there must be pure marks; but since pure marks unite silently with the pure essence and cannot be measured by worldly means, they are not mentioned here. The first part, a general indication of the meaning of perfuming, is concluded. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.4.9) - [Next: 4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.4.11) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850~en-mt.4.10) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.4.10) · Pramāṇa