[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) › 2.7 # 大乘起信論略述 2.7 大乘起信論略述 2.7 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.7) 論。所謂以依至身心等苦　述曰。下答有二。先略。後廣。此略也。此中略明三熏習義。所謂以依真如法故有無明者。即舉覆熏無明體也。無明妄法不能自立故。說依真有無明也。以有無明染法因故即熏習真如者。根本無明覆熏義也。以熏習故有妄心者。即依無明熏動真如有業識也。此則略辨無明熏義。以有妄心乃至現妄境界者。即顯妄心習熏無明增其不了令起轉識故。言不覺念起及現識。故言現妄境界。此則略明妄心熏義。以有妄境界染法緣故即熏習妄心等者。即顯境界資熏現識。令其念著造種種業等者。動本識海　彼六麁事識波浪令其念者。即六麁中智相相續相。此二皆是法執念故令其著者。即執取相計名字相。此二皆著我。我等故造種種業者。依惑造業起業相也。受於一身心等苦者。依業受果。即業繫苦相也。此即略明境界熏義。 > Treatise: "It means that depending on the dharma of suchness, \[there is ignorance; because there is the cause of defiled dharmas which is ignorance, it then perfumes suchness; because of this perfuming, there is the deluded mind; because there is the deluded mind, it then perfumes ignorance, not awakening to the principle of dharmatā, so that deluded thoughts arise, manifesting deluded objects; because there are the conditions of defiled dharmas which are deluded objects, they then perfume the deluded mind, causing it to念着 and create various karma,\] undergoing the sufferings of physical and mental existence and so forth." > Exposition: The answer below has two parts: first, brief; later, extensive. This is the brief part. Here it briefly clarifies the meaning of the three perfumings. "It means that depending on the dharma of suchness there is ignorance" presents the essence of ignorance that covers and perfumes. Deluded dharmas of ignorance cannot stand on their own; therefore it is said that depending on the true there is ignorance. "Because there is the cause of defiled dharmas which is ignorance, it then perfumes suchness" is the meaning of fundamental ignorance covering and perfuming. "Because of this perfuming there is the deluded mind" means that depending on ignorance perfuming and stirring suchness, there is the activity consciousness. This then briefly distinguishes the meaning of the perfuming by ignorance. "Because there is the deluded mind... manifesting deluded objects" reveals that the deluded mind habitually perfumes ignorance, increasing its lack of comprehension and causing the turning consciousness to arise; hence it says "unawakened thoughts arise and the manifesting consciousness," and thus it says "manifesting deluded objects." This then briefly clarifies the meaning of the perfuming by the deluded mind. "Because there are the conditions of defiled dharmas which are deluded objects, they then perfume the deluded mind, etc." reveals that objects sustain and perfume the manifesting consciousness, causing it to dwell upon and become attached to them and create various karma; stirring the ocean of the fundamental consciousness \[...\] the waves of the six coarse consciousnesses of phenomena: "causing it to dwell upon" refers to the characteristic of cognition and the characteristic of continuity among the six coarse ones, for both of these are conceptual thoughts of grasping at dharmas; "causing it to become attached" refers to the characteristic of grasping and attachment and the characteristic of calculating names and words, for both of these become attached to self and what belongs to self; "creating various karma" refers to generating karma in reliance upon afflictions, raising the characteristic of producing karma; "undergoing the sufferings of physical and mental existence and so forth" refers to receiving fruition in reliance upon karma, which is the characteristic of suffering bound by karma. This then briefly clarifies the meaning of the perfuming by objects. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.6) - [Next: 2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.8) - [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.2.7) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [大乘起信論義記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.3.96) — Classical Chinese - [大乘起信論廣釋卷第三．四．五](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.4.29) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.7) · Pramāṇa