[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) › 2.170 # 大乘起信論略述 2.170 大乘起信論略述 2.170 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.170) 論。云何為四至真如法故　述曰。下釋四信。即分為四。此初信有得佛因也。真如既是諸佛所師。眾行之源故云根本。樂念觀察故名為信。是後三信根本故故初明也。 > \[Treatise:\] What are the four? ... the dharma of tathatā. \[Commentary:\] Below, the four faiths are explained, divided into four. This first is having faith that there is the cause for attaining Buddhahood. Since tathatā is the master of all Buddhas and the source of all practices, it is called the fundamental. Delightedly minding and contemplating it is therefore called faith. Because it is the foundation of the latter three faiths, it is explained first. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.169) - [Next: 2.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.171) - [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.2.170) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [大乘起信論義記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.3.400) — Classical Chinese - [大乘起信論廣釋卷第三．四．五](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.5.52) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.170) · Pramāṇa