[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) › [大乘起信論廣釋卷第三．四．五](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814) › 3.39 # 大乘起信論廣釋卷第三．四．五 3.39 大乘起信論廣釋卷第三．四．五 3.39 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.3.39) 論。二者相續相至不斷故　釋曰。依前分別愛非愛境而生苦樂覺念之心。常相續故名相續相。謂依前念分別愛境起樂受覺。於愛境起苦受覺。數數起念相續現前。此即自體念相續也。 > \[Treatise:\] Second is the characteristic of continuity \[… down to …\] because of non-interruption. > \[Commentary:\] Relying on the preceding discrimination of pleasing and non-pleasing objects, states of mind that perceive and recollect pain and pleasure arise; because they are constantly continuous, it is named 'characteristic of continuity'. That is, based on the previous thought discriminating pleasing objects, one gives rise to the perception of pleasant feeling; toward non-pleasing objects, one gives rise to the perception of painful feeling; frequently giving rise to thoughts, they appear in unbroken succession. This is precisely the continuity of thought in its own substance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.3.38) - [Next: 3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.3.40) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814~en-mt.3.39) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大乘起信論略述](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.1.115) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.3.39) · Pramāṇa