[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) › 1.170 # 大乘起信論略述 1.170 大乘起信論略述 1.170 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.1.170) 論。若因滅至相應心滅　述曰。次下逆顯滅義。於中有二。初正辨。後釋疑。此初也滅有二義。先通。後別。言通滅者。謂得對治無明滅時。無明所起現識境界亦復隨滅。故言因滅即緣滅。別顯滅者。以三細滅識親依無明因生。無明滅時亦復隨滅。故云因滅故不相應心滅。其三麁識親依境界緣生。故境界滅時亦復隨滅。故言緣滅故相應心滅。此依始終起盡道理以明二種生滅之義。非約剎那生滅義也。 > Treatise: "If the cause ceases, \[then the condition ceases; because the cause ceases, the unconcorded mind ceases; because the condition ceases,\] the concordant mind ceases." > Exposition: Next, reversing to reveal the meaning of ceasing. In this there are two parts: first, directly distinguishing it; later, resolving doubts. This is the first part. Ceasing has two meanings: first, general; later, distinct. As for general ceasing: when the antidote is attained and ignorance ceases, the objects of the manifesting consciousness produced by ignorance also cease accordingly; hence it is said, "if the cause ceases, then the condition ceases." Distinctly revealing ceasing: because the three fine consciousnesses directly arise depending on the cause of ignorance, when ignorance ceases, they also cease accordingly; hence it says, "because the cause ceases, the unconcorded mind ceases." The three coarse consciousnesses directly arise depending on the condition of objects; therefore, when objects cease, they also cease accordingly; hence it is said, "because the condition ceases, the concordant mind ceases." This explains the meaning of the two kinds of arising and ceasing in terms of the principle of beginning and end, arising and exhaustion, and not in terms of the moment-to-moment arising and ceasing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.1.169) - [Next: 1.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.1.171) - [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.1.170) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [大乘起信論義記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.3.72) — Classical Chinese - [大乘起信論廣釋卷第三．四．五](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.4.19) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.1.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.1.170) · Pramāṇa