[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) › 1.142 # 大乘起信論略述 1.142 大乘起信論略述 1.142 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.1.142) 論。是故一切至唯心虛妄　述曰。此顯境體亦無也。如鏡中像無實體故鏡外鏡內皆不可得。境但是心虛妄現故心外心內無體可得。 > Treatise: Therefore, all... are only mental falsities. > Commentary: This shows that the essence of the realms is also non-existent. Just as an image in a mirror has no real essence, so it cannot be found either outside or inside the mirror; because sense-realms are only the deluded manifestation of the mind, no essence can be found either outside or inside the mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.1.141) - [Next: 1.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.1.143) - [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.1.142) — 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.2814.3.66) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.1.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.1.142) · Pramāṇa