[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) › 5.63 # 大乘起信論裂網疏 5.63 大乘起信論裂網疏 5.63 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.5.63) 此即以所發正直心而為方便行也。不住生死是奢摩他觀，不住涅槃是毘鉢舍那觀。止觀一心中修，乃順真如法性，故名行根本方便。 > This is precisely taking the straightforward mind that was generated as the practice of skillful means. Not abiding in birth and death is śamatha contemplation; not abiding in nirvāṇa is vipaśyanā contemplation. Cultivating calming and contemplation within the one mind accords with the dharmatā of tathatā; therefore it is called the fundamental skillful means of practice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.5.62) - [Next: 5.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.5.64) - [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.5.63) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.5.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.5.63) · Pramāṇa