[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) › 2.186 # 大乘起信論略述 2.186 大乘起信論略述 2.186 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.186) 論。不依氣息至見聞覺知　述曰。自下第二修止次第。於中有二。初約坐修止。後餘亦起。前中亦三。先離倒境心。後除失念。此初也。言氣息者觀境。言形色者即骨瑣等青黃赤白四種相也。空地水等五一切處皆是事空所緣境界。見聞覺知是識一切處。通前即顯十一切處。於此諸境推求了達知唯自心不復託緣。故言不依。 > \[Treatise:\] Not relying on breathing ... seeing, hearing, perceiving, and knowing. \[Exposition:\] From here is the second \[subdivision\], the sequence of cultivating calm. Here there are two parts: first, cultivating calm based on sitting; later, \[cultivating it while\] arising in other postures as well. Within the first part there are also three: first, departing from inverted objects and mind; later, eliminating lost mindfulness. This is the first. "Breathing" is an object of contemplation. "Forms and colors" are the four marks of blue, yellow, red, and white, such as skeletons, etc. The five totalities (kṛtsna) such as space, earth, and water are all objects of sensory space. Seeing, hearing, perceiving, and knowing is the consciousness-totality. Together with the preceding, this clarifies the ten totalities. Regarding all these objects, one examines and fully comprehends them, knowing them to be only one's own mind and no longer relying on conditions; therefore it is said "not relying." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.185) - [Next: 2.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.187) - [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.2.186) — 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.2814.5.68) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.186) · Pramāṇa