[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) › 2.4 # 大乘起信論略述 2.4 大乘起信論略述 2.4 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.4) 論。熏習義者至則有香氣　述曰。次下廣釋熏習之義。於中有二。先總。後別。□□亦二。初喻。後合。此初也。此中衣者。互通喻於真如無明。而言香者是通好惡。隨應亦喻真如無明。互為能所熏成氣故。 > Treatise: "As for the meaning of perfuming: \[it is like clothing in the world, which originally has no fragrance; yet if a person uses perfume to permeate it,\] then it has a fragrant scent." > Exposition: Next below is the extensive explanation of the meaning of perfuming. In this there are two parts: first, general; later, distinct. The \[general\] also has two parts: first, metaphor; later, application. This is the first part. Here, the "clothing" interchangeably serves as a metaphor for suchness and ignorance; and the mention of "fragrance" applies generally to both good and bad, and accordingly also serves as a metaphor for suchness and ignorance, as each mutually serves as perfumer and perfumed to produce a scent. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.3) - [Next: 2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.5) - [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.2.4) — 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.2814.4.26) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.4) · Pramāṇa