[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) › 2.222 # 大乘起信論略述 2.222 大乘起信論略述 2.222 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.222](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.222) 論。應觀過去至忽爾而起　述曰。此觀無我除我倒也。過去如夢者。已滅難追故。現在如電者。剎那不住。未來如雲者。無常忽起故。由觀三世無有自性能離我相故除我倒。 > \[Treatise:\] One should contemplate that the past \[... suddenly arises\]. \[Exposition:\] This contemplates non-self to remove the inversion of self. "The past is like a dream" because what is already perished is difficult to pursue. "The present is like lightning" because it does not abide for an instant. "The future is like clouds" because impermanence suddenly arises. By contemplating that the three times have no self-nature, one can distance the mark of self; therefore it removes the inversion of self. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.221](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.221) - [Next: 2.223](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.223) - [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.2.222) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.222](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.222) · Pramāṇa