[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) › 5.104 # 大乘起信論裂網疏 5.104 大乘起信論裂網疏 5.104 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.5.104) 問：若諸佛有無邊方便，能於十方任運利益諸眾生者，何故眾生不常見佛，或覩神變、或聞說法？答：如來實有如是方便，但要待眾生其心清淨乃為現身。如鏡有垢，色像不現，垢除則現。眾生亦爾，心未離垢，法身不現，離垢則現。 > 'Question: If the Buddhas possess boundless expedients and can effortlessly benefit sentient beings in the ten directions, why is it that sentient beings do not constantly see the Buddha, or witness divine transformations, or hear the teaching of the Dharma? Answer: The Tathāgata truly possesses such expedients, but only awaits sentient beings whose minds are pure to manifest a body for them. Just as when a mirror has dirt, forms and images do not appear, but when the dirt is removed they appear; sentient beings are also like this: when the mind has not departed from defilement, the dharmakāya does not appear, but when it departs from defilement it appears.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.5.103) - [Next: 5.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.5.105) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850~en-mt.5.104) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大乘起信論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.darsana.yogacara.mahayanasraddhotpadasastra*zh-siksananda.2.21) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.5.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.5.104) · Pramāṇa