[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) › 2.21 # 大乘起信論略述 2.21 大乘起信論略述 2.21 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.21) 論。問曰至等入涅槃　述曰。次入除疑。先問。後答。此問也。一切眾生悉有真如等熏習者。舉所難法。云何有信無信等者。舉違設妨。有信無信。此舉凡位信心有無。前後差別。此舉入位解行差別。皆應一時等者。正陳責難。用熏既齊。寧有差別。既有差別。寧言等熏。 > \[Treatise:\] Question: \[...\] enter nirvāṇa equally? \[Commentary:\] Next is removing doubts. First the question, then the answer. This is the question. "All sentient beings equally possess suchness and equal perfuming" introduces the point of objection. "Why is there faith and lack of faith?" and so forth raises the contradiction and sets forth the difficulty. "Faith and lack of faith" cites the presence or absence of faithful mind in the stage of ordinary beings. "Difference in earlier and later" cites the difference in understanding and practice upon entering the stages. "Should all at one time," and so forth, directly presents the challenge. Since the perfuming of function is equal, how could there be differences? Since there are differences, how could one say they are perfumed equally? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.20) - [Next: 2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.22) - [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.2.21) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [大乘起信論義記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.3.123) — Classical Chinese - [大乘起信論廣釋卷第三．四．五](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.4.43) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.21) · Pramāṇa