[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) › 2.51 # 大乘起信論略述 2.51 大乘起信論略述 2.51 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.51) 論。答曰至是故無二　述曰。下答有二。初明差別而無二。後顯無二而差別。此初也。文中三節。初顯眾德。雖復廣多同一味。如次釋所以。以無分別能取之心。又離分別所取之相。由無二取故同一味。下句總結。由同一味真如性故。是故前言無有二也。 > \[Treatise:\] Answer: \[…\] therefore they are not two. > \[Exposition:\] Below, the answer has two parts: first, clarifying that though differentiated they are not two; next, displaying that though not two they are differentiated. This is the first. In the text there are three clauses: First, displaying that all virtues, although extensive and numerous, are of the same one flavor. Next, explaining the reason: because there is no non-conceptual grasper mind, and also free from the characteristics of the grasped objects of conceptualization. Because there is no dual grasping, they are of the same one flavor. The lower phrase is the general conclusion: because of the identical one flavor of the nature of tathatā, therefore what was said previously is not two. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.50) - [Next: 2.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.52) - [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.2.51) — 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.2814.4.73) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.51) · Pramāṇa