[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) › 5.28 # 大乘起信論裂網疏 5.28 大乘起信論裂網疏 5.28 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.5.28) 為除此執，明如來藏無有初際，無明依之生死無始。若言三界外更有眾生始起者，是外道經中說，非是佛教。以如來藏無有後際，證此永斷生死種子。 > To eliminate this attachment, \[the treatise\] clarifies that the tathāgatagarbha has no initial limit; ignorance relies on it, so saṃsāra is beginningless. If one says that beyond the three realms there are sentient beings who have a first beginning, this is what is taught in non-Buddhist scriptures, not the Buddhist teaching. Because the tathāgatagarbha has no final limit, realizing this eternally severs the seeds of saṃsāra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.5.27) - [Next: 5.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.5.29) - [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.5.28) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大乘起信論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.darsana.yogacara.mahayanasraddhotpadasastra*zh-siksananda.2.7) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.5.28) · Pramāṇa