[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) › 2.32 # 大乘起信論略述 2.32 大乘起信論略述 2.32 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.32) 論。差別緣者若見若念　述曰。次下辨相。於中有二。先明差別緣。後顯平等緣。前中又二。先總。後別。標總中又二。初明感用因。後正明用相。此初也。言此人者。機欲之人。即是凡小差別之機。佛菩薩者。出外緣體。謂從初位乃至佛果為彼凡小作別緣也。初發意下明所感緣時分齊也。若見若念明行者心感用器也。謂見身形念其功德。由此便能感勝用也論。或為眷屬至無量行緣　述曰。下明用。於中有二。初明別用。後辨用之益。此初也。文中二義。前有五句開總成別。欲令荷以恩慈。示為眷屬慈愛故攝生。欲令悅其供侍。示為給使居卑以接物。欲令慕其行義。示為朋友同類以勸發。欲令厭彼侵誣。示為怨家怖之以入道。欲令當成愛行故。起四攝引之以令修。乃至下攝別成總。一切所作無量行緣皆為眾生外緣之力。 > \[Treatise:\] Regarding differentiated conditions: whether seeing or remembering \[…\] > \[Exposition:\] Next, the characteristics are differentiated. In this there are two parts: first, clarifying differentiated conditions; next, displaying equal conditions. Within the former there are also two parts: first, general; next, specific. In stating the general, there are also two parts: first, clarifying the cause for evoking the function; next, properly clarifying the characteristics of the function. This is the first. Saying "this person" refers to a person of receptive inclination, namely the differentiated capacities among ordinary persons and Hinayānists. "Buddhas and bodhisattvas" identifies the essence of the external conditions; it means that from the initial stage up to the Buddha fruition, they serve as differentiated conditions for those ordinary persons and Hinayānists. From "initial aspiration" downward clarifies the scope and period of the conditions evoked. "Whether seeing or remembering" clarifies the practitioner's mind as the vessel evoking the function; that is, seeing their bodily forms and remembering their virtues, whereby one can evoke superior functions. > \[Treatise:\] Or becoming relatives \[…\] conditions of immeasurable practices. > \[Exposition:\] Below clarifies the function. In this there are two parts: first, clarifying the specific functions; next, differentiating the benefits of the function. This is the first. In the text there are two meanings. First, five phrases unfold the general into the specific: wishing to cause them to receive kindness, they manifest as relatives, gathering sentient beings through affectionate love; wishing to make them rejoice in serving and attending, they manifest as servants, dwelling in low positions to interact with beings; wishing to make them admire righteous conduct, they manifest as friends of the same kind to encourage and inspire them; wishing to make them weary of violation and slander, they manifest as enemies, terrifying them into entering the path; wishing to make them accomplish loving practice in the future, they arouse the four means of embracing to guide them and cause them to cultivate. From "down to" below gathers the specific back into the general: all that is enacted as conditions of immeasurable practices constitutes the power of external conditions for sentient beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.31) - [Next: 2.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.33) - [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.2.32) — 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.2814.4.53) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.32) · Pramāṇa