[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) › 3.44 # 大乘起信論廣釋卷第三．四．五 3.44 大乘起信論廣釋卷第三．四．五 3.44 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.3.44) 論。當知無明至不覺相故　釋曰。上已廣顯枝末。此即結末歸本。當知無明能生等者。初正結歸。如前九相攝一切染。因本無明迷真而起。故云無明生一切染。以一切染法皆是等。釋苦所以。恐疑染法多種差別如何。根本唯一無明。染法雖多皆是無明之氣。悉是覺之相不異不覺。是故染法皆是不覺。 > \[Treatise:\] One should know that avidyā \[… down to …\] because they are characteristics of non-awakening. > \[Commentary:\] Above, it has broadly revealed the branches and twigs; here, it concludes the twigs by returning them to the root. 'One should know that avidyā is able to produce,' and so forth, is first the direct concluding return: as the preceding nine characteristics subsume all defilements, arising from fundamental avidyā deluded about the real, hence it says that avidyā produces all defilements. 'Because all defiled dharmas are all \[...\]' explains the reason. Fearing the doubt: 'Defiled dharmas have many kinds of distinctions; how could the root be solely the one avidyā?', \[it explains that\] although defiled dharmas are many, they are all the influence of avidyā, and all are characteristics of non-awakening, not different from non-awakening; therefore defiled dharmas are all non-awakening. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.3.43) - [Next: 3.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.3.45) - [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.3.44) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大乘起信論略述](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.1.120) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.3.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.3.44) · Pramāṇa