[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) › 2.128 # 大乘起信論略述 2.128 大乘起信論略述 2.128 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.128) 論。或有供養至墮二乘地　述曰。此明外緣力顯其信位中心人也。供養諸佛未經萬劫者。行時未滿。於中遇緣亦有等者。遇緣不勝。見佛色相。不見體故。供養眾僧。取儀形故。二乘教發劣勸發故。學他發心。無自性故。如是等發心等者。能成退失。此四皆非悲智之心。不見本性。體不定故。雖皆發心。或便退墮。即十住論後四心也。 > \[Treatise:\] Or there may be those who make offerings... and fall back to the level of the two vehicles. > \[Exposition:\] This explains the power of external conditions, revealing the persons in the intermediate minds of the stage of faith. 'Making offerings to the Buddhas without having passed through ten thousand kalpas' means the time of their practice is not yet complete. 'In the midst of this, encountering conditions, there are also,' and so forth, means the conditions encountered are not superior. Seeing the Buddha's physical form, they do not see the essence. Making offerings to the Saṅgha, they grasp onto the outward appearance. Being taught to generate the aspiration by the two vehicles, it is an inferior encouragement to aspire. Imitating others in generating the aspiration, it lacks self-nature. 'Aspiration such as this,' and so forth, can result in falling back and loss. These four are all not minds of compassion and wisdom; not seeing original nature, their essence is indeterminate. Although all generate the aspiration, some then fall back; these are the latter four minds of the Daśabhūmika-vibhāṣā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.127) - [Next: 2.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.129) - [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.2.128) — 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.2814.5.10) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.128) · Pramāṇa