[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) › 2.70 # 大乘起信論略述 2.70 大乘起信論略述 2.70 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.70) 論。又亦無明有至故說為用　述曰。此明用無相也。又亦無有用可後者。此標無相也。何以故者。責無相義。佛具三身秉現諸相。如何乃言無用相耶。下答意云。若廢機感。如來唯是妙理本智最勝實義。更無應化生滅等相。但隨緣用。用即無用。用即無用。如水即波。即用常寂。故云。諸佛唯是法身離施作等。雖真理妙智本來常湛。隨機感而應益用無邊。即寂常用。故云但隨眾生得益說為用等。 > \[Treatise:\] Furthermore, there is no characteristic of function that can be grasped ... thus it is spoken of as function. > \[Exposition:\] This clarifies that function is free from characteristics. 'Furthermore, there is no characteristic of function that can be grasped' states that it is without characteristics. 'Why is this?' questions the meaning of being without characteristics. The Buddha is endowed with the trikāya and manifests various characteristics; how can one say there are no characteristics of function? The intention of the answer below says: if we set aside the responsiveness to receptive capacities, the Tathāgata is solely the wonderful principle, fundamental wisdom, and the supreme ultimate meaning, having no further characteristics of arising, ceasing, and so forth in transformation bodies. It merely functions according to conditions; function is itself non-function. Function being non-function is like water being waves: while functioning, it is constantly tranquil. Thus it says: 'all Buddhas are solely the dharmakāya, free from deliberate action,' and so forth. Although the real principle and wonderful wisdom are fundamentally ever-serene, conforming to the receptivity of capacities, responsive benefits and functions are boundless. While tranquil, it constantly functions; thus it says: 'merely according to sentient beings obtaining benefit is it spoken of as function,' and so forth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.69) - [Next: 2.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.71) - [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.2.70) — 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.2814.4.92) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.70) · Pramāṇa