[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) › 2.87 # 大乘起信論略述 2.87 大乘起信論略述 2.87 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.87) 論。以心無形相至終不可得　述曰。下顯觀心。於中有三。謂法喻合。此初也。六塵色法多現有像尚不可得。況心無形像而可得耶。由無形故即無住處。無住處故即無所有。故言十方求之終不可得。 > \[Treatise:\] Because the mind has no bodily form ... in the end can never be found. > \[Exposition:\] Next, revealing the contemplation of the mind. In this there are three: the doctrine, the simile, and the application. This is the first. Even the form-dharmas of the six sense fields, which mostly appear with shape, cannot be found; how much less can the mind, which has no bodily shape, be found? Because it has no form, it has no abiding place; because it has no abiding place, it is non-existent. Hence it says, "seeking it in the ten directions, in the end it can never be found." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.86) - [Next: 2.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.88) - [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.2.87) — 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.2814.4.110) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.87) · Pramāṇa