[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) › 1.122 # 大乘起信論略述 1.122 大乘起信論略述 1.122 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.1.122) 論。云何為二至二者異相　述曰。此列名也。染淨齊真曰同。同義可表名相。染淨體殊曰異。異有殊狀曰相。何故爾耶。以體從緣故異。攝緣歸體故同。緣從體同故真如一味。體從緣異故凡聖兩分。凡聖分故世諦義立。真如一故真諦理存。覺與不覺同異如是。 > The treatise says: "What are the two? \[...\] Second is the aspect of difference." > > The commentary says: This is the enumeration of names. Defilement and purity being equally tathatā is called "identity"; the meaning of identity can be expressed, so it is called "aspect." The essences of defilement and purity being distinct is called "difference"; difference possessing distinct traits is called "aspect." Why is it so? Because essence accords with conditions, there is difference; because conditions are subsumed into essence, there is identity. When conditions accord with essence, there is identity, so tathatā is of one flavor; when essence accords with conditions, there is difference, so worldlings and nobles are bifurcated. Because worldlings and nobles are bifurcated, the meaning of conventional truth is established; because tathatā is one, the principle of ultimate truth is preserved. The identity and difference of awakening and non-awakening are like this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.1.121) - [Next: 1.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.1.123) - [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.1.122) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [起信論註](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2815) — Classical Chinese - [大乘起信論廣釋卷第三．四．五](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.3.46) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.1.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.1.122) · Pramāṇa