[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) › 1.56 # 大乘起信論略述 1.56 大乘起信論略述 1.56 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.1.56) 論。是故一切至故名真如　述曰。此結法歸真也。此有十句。總為三節。初之二句舉所會法。言是故者。是前妄境妄心成故。一切諸法本來空也。次有六句釋其空義。前三句顯性離妄故其體即真。後三句顯離異相故其體即如。離言說相者。非如聲有故。離名字相者。無性可詮故。離心緣相者。無可攀緣故。言悟道斷心行處滅皆即真也。畢竟平等者。無可差別故。無有變異者。無可轉變故。不可破壞者。非可對治故。既皆平等無異等故。體皆如也。下有兩句結歸。真如唯是一心者。法依法起。念不離心。故一切法唯一心也。既此一心體即真如故。一切法名真如也。 > Treatise: "Therefore, all \[…\] is named suchness." Commentary: This concludes phenomena back to the ultimate. There are ten clauses, grouped overall into three sections. The first two clauses bring up the phenomena being reconciled. Saying "therefore" means that because the preceding deluded objective realms are produced by the deluded mind, all phenomena are originally empty. Next, there are six clauses explaining the meaning of their emptiness. The first three clauses reveal that because the nature is free from delusion, its essence is true. The latter three clauses reveal that because it is free from differing attributes, its essence is such. Being "free from the attributes of verbal explanation" is because it does not exist like sounds. Being "free from the attributes of names" is because there is no inherent nature that can be expressed. Being "free from the attributes of mental conditionings" is because there is nothing that can be grasped at. The path of awakening through words is cut off, and the place of mental activity is extinguished—all are precisely the true. Being "ultimately equal" is because there is nothing to be differentiated. Having "no alteration" is because there is nothing that can transform. Being "indestructible" is because it cannot be counteracted. Since all are equal and without difference, the essence is entirely such. Below are two clauses concluding back \[to the ultimate\]: "Suchness is only the one mind" means that phenomena arise based on phenomena, and thoughts do not depart from the mind; therefore, all phenomena are only the one mind. Since the essence of this one mind is precisely suchness, all phenomena are named suchness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.1.55) - [Next: 1.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.1.57) - [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.1.56) — 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.2813.1.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.1.56) · Pramāṇa