[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) › 2.52 # 大乘起信論略述 2.52 大乘起信論略述 2.52 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.52) 論。復以何義至生滅相示　述曰。下顯無二而差別。於中有二。先略。後廣。此初也。文中四句。上半疑詞。既其不二以何說別。下半釋遣。以依生滅恒沙染法返此表示真德差別。且舉染本但言業識。據實通對一切染也。 > \[Treatise:\] Furthermore, by what meaning \[is it revealed\]? ... is indicated through the characteristics of arising and ceasing. > \[Exposition:\] Below, it reveals differentiation within non-duality. In this, there are two parts: first brief, and then expanded. This is the first. In the text there are four lines. The first half is the phrasing of the doubt: since it is non-dual, by what \[ground\] does one speak of differentiation? The second half resolves and dispels it: relying on the defiled dharmas \[as numerous as the\] sands of the Ganges in arising and ceasing, by contrast with these, the differentiation of the virtues of reality is indicated. Temporarily citing the root of defilement, it mentions only karmic consciousness; in reality, it generally applies by contrast to all defilements. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.51) - [Next: 2.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.53) - [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.2.52) — 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.2814.4.74) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.52) · Pramāṇa