[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) › 4.43 # 大乘起信論裂網疏 4.43 大乘起信論裂網疏 4.43 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.4.43) 此如極濕之木不能即鑽出火也。《瑜伽》依此權立五性差別，以其無明煩惱尤厚，覆無漏種，雖有而竟似無故也。 > This is like extremely wet wood, which cannot immediately produce fire when drilled. Relying on this, the Yogācāra provisionally establishes the distinctions of the five gotras, because their ignorance and afflictions are particularly thick, covering the untainted seeds so that although they exist, they seem as if absent. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.4.42) - [Next: 4.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.4.44) - [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.4.43) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.4.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.4.43) · Pramāṇa