[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) › 2.118 # 大乘起信論略述 2.118 大乘起信論略述 2.118 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.118) 論。是一切至不可說相　述曰。此舉廣類求也。是前染淨相待假故。一切諸法本無自性。非由悟後方便生。然故言是故從本來等。二取無故非色非心。心無染淨。非識進無起盡。非有非無。由是畢竟不可說相。 > \[Treatise:\] "All these \[dharmas are fundamentally... inexpressible marks...\]" \[Commentary:\] This cites the extensive to seek by analogy. Because the aforementioned defiled and pure dharmas are mutually dependent designations, all dharmas fundamentally have no self-nature; they are not born from expedient means following awakening. Therefore it says, "therefore from the beginning," and so on. Because the two grasps do not exist, they are neither form nor mind; because the mind has no defilement or purity, it is not consciousness; since they have no arising or ceasing, they are neither existent nor non-existent. Hence, they are ultimately inexpressible marks. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.117) - [Next: 2.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.119) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813~en-mt.2.118) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大乘起信論廣釋卷第三．四．五](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.4.141) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.118) · Pramāṇa