大乘起信論裂網疏 5.24

English (machine translation) 5.24

Language: English

5.24

To eliminate this attachment, [the treatise] clarifies that the tathāgatagarbha from the beginning possesses pure merits exceeding the sands of the Ganges, which are not different from tathatā. (As for) the defiled dharmas of affliction exceeding the sands of the Ganges, they are solely falsely existent and originally lack self-nature; from beginningless time they have never for an instant been associated with the tathāgatagarbha. If the tathāgatagarbha were associated with defiled dharmas, such that one could cause it to realize and pacify false defilements, there is no such possibility.

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大乘起信論裂網疏 — Classical Chinese