[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) › [大乘起信論略述](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813) › 1.10 # 大乘起信論略述 1.10 大乘起信論略述 1.10 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.1.10) 論曰。有法能起至是故應說　述曰。次下第二明正宗分。於中有二。初舉答許說。後正陳所說。此初也。言論曰者。簡論異經辨能詮教。有法等者。舉所詮法。顯有緣益。是故應說者。顯能詮教。應法說也。謂能詮教有此所詮。一心二門三大等法能起眾生大乘信根。此能詮教決定應說。大乘信者。即信己性。知心妄動無前境界。此信決定能持能長自及餘善。故名信根。 > \[Treatise:\] "The treatise states: There is a teaching that can awaken... therefore it should be explained." / \[Exposition:\] Next, the second part clarifies the main doctrine section. It has two parts: first, stating the response and accepting to explain; second, directly expounding what is to be explained. This is the first. / The words "The treatise states" distinguish the treatise from sūtras, identifying the teaching that is the explicator. / "There is a teaching..." adduces the Dharma that is explicated, showing that it possesses conditions and benefits. / "Therefore it should be explained" reveals that the explicating teaching ought to be spoken in accordance with the Dharma. That is to say, because the explicating teaching possesses these explicated dharmas—such as the one mind, the two aspects, and the three greatnesses—which can awaken the root of Mahāyāna faith in sentient beings, this explicating teaching definitely should be spoken. / "Mahāyāna faith" means having faith in one's own nature, knowing that when the mind stirs deludedly, there are no objective realms before it. This faith is definitive, and it can sustain and develop both one's own and others' good roots; hence it is called the "root of faith." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.1.9) - [Next: 1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.1.11) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813~en-mt.1.10) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [起信論註](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2815.1.2) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.1.10) · Pramāṇa