[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) › 2.43 # 大乘起信論略述 2.43 大乘起信論略述 2.43 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.43) 論。以真如法至故無有斷　述曰。此釋義所由也。以真如法常熏習故。妄心即滅者。釋初門也。謂彼染熏達理所起無常法故。故有滅盡。淨法之熏順理而生。是常法故。故無有斷。故言真如常熏習等。法身顯現等者。答後問也。若未成佛。法身未顯。以體熏習有染相故。若已成佛。法身顯現。以用熏習有染生故。由此淨熏無有盡也。 > \[Treatise:\] Because the dharma of tathatā \[…\] therefore it has no interruption. > \[Exposition:\] This explains the rationale of the meaning. "Because the dharma of tathatā constantly perfumes, the deluded mind is extinguished" explains the first aspect: that defiled perfuming is an impermanent dharma arisen from delusion concerning the principle, and therefore it has an extinction; the perfuming of pure dharmas arises in accordance with the principle and is a permanent dharma, and therefore it has no interruption; hence it says "tathatā constantly perfumes," and so forth. "The dharmakāya becomes manifest" and so on answers the subsequent inquiry: if one has not yet become a buddha, the dharmakāya is not yet manifest, and because of perfuming by essence there are defiled characteristics; if one has already become a buddha, the dharmakāya becomes manifest, and because of perfuming by function defilement is extinguished; whereby this pure perfuming is without end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.42) - [Next: 2.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.44) - [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.2.43) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [大乘起信論廣釋卷第三．四．五](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.4.65) — Classical Chinese - [起信論疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1844.2.2) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.43) · Pramāṇa