[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) › [宗鏡錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016) › 85.27 # 宗鏡錄 85.27 宗鏡錄 85.27 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [85.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.85.27) 答。本覺者。因始得名。始覺者。從本而立。如起信鈔云。未審始覺從何而生。為本所對。故此云也。元其始覺。是本所生。斬新而有。故名為始。反照其體。元來有之。敵對於始。故名為本。苟無其始。何所待耶。如母生子。對子稱母。 > Answer: Original awareness gets its name because of the initial; initial awareness is established from the original. As the Commentary on the Awakening of Faith says: “I wonder from where initial awareness arises? It is spoken of thus because it is opposed to the original. Originally, this initial awareness is born of the original; being brand new, it is therefore called initial. When reflecting back upon its substance, it has been present from the beginning; standing directly opposite to the initial, it is therefore called original. If there were no initial, what would it depend on? Just as a mother gives birth to a child, and in contrast to the child is called a mother.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 85.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.85.26) - [Next: 85.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.85.28) - [Up: 85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.85) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.85.27) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.85.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.85.27) · Pramāṇa