[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) › 1.17 # 大乘起信論略述 1.17 大乘起信論略述 1.17 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.1.17) 論。二者為欲至不謬故　述曰。次下七種是別相因。唯為此論作所以。故顯正所為非兼被故。唯為發起七處文故。所言如來根本義者。為即一心是本始覺。如來根本。本覺名如。始覺名來。始本不異名曰如來。由此眾生雖有真理未起智。照如而非來。即以如來依心成故說是如來根本之義。如立義分及解釋中顯示正義解釋此義。令彼三賢諸眾生等觀智相應。故云正解。即對治邪執離人我見觀智離倒名為不謬。 > \[Treatise:\] "Second, in order to... without error." / \[Exposition:\] Next, the following seven kinds are particular causes. They serve as the reasons solely for this treatise; they reveal the primary audience and are not merely incidental; and they serve solely to instigate the text in seven places. / The "fundamental meaning of the Tathāgata" refers to the one mind, which is the original and initial awakenings, the foundation of the Tathāgata. Original awakening is called "tathā" (thusness); initial awakening is called "āgata" (come). That the initial and the original are not distinct is called "Tathāgata." Because of this, although sentient beings possess the ultimate principle, they have not yet generated wisdom to illuminate it; thus it is "tathā" but not yet "āgata." Because the Tathāgata is accomplished in reliance on the mind, it is called the fundamental meaning of the Tathāgata. As in the "part on establishing the meaning" and "revealing the correct meaning" within the explanation, this meaning is explained to cause those sentient beings of the three grades of worthiness to accord with contemplative wisdom; hence it is called "correct understanding." That is, remedying pernicious attachments, abandoning the view of a personal self, and being free from inversion in contemplative wisdom is called "without error." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.1.16) - [Next: 1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.1.18) - [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.1.17) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [起信論註](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2815) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.1.17) · Pramāṇa