[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) › 4.22 # 大乘起信論廣釋卷第三．四．五 4.22 大乘起信論廣釋卷第三．四．五 4.22 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.4.22) 論。如風依水至非是水滅　釋曰。舉喻也。文中四節。喻答二問。如風依水有動相者。妄依真起喻。若水滅等者。真滅妄隨喻。以水不滅等者。真存妄續喻。此之三文喻答前問。唯風滅等者。妄滅真存喻。此之一文喻答後問。細而思之。其義自顯。 > \[Treatise:\] Just as the wind, depending on water, \[has the characteristic of movement; if the water ceases, the characteristic of wind ceases, and there is nowhere for it to depend; but because the water does not cease, the characteristic of movement continues; only when the wind ceases does the characteristic of movement cease, not the water ceasing.\] > \[Commentary:\] Adducing a simile. In the text there are four sections, using similes to answer the two questions. 'Just as the wind, depending on water, has the characteristic of movement' is the simile of the false arising depending on the real. 'If the water ceases,' and so forth, is the simile of the false following the cessation of the real. 'Because the water does not cease,' and so forth, is the simile of the real persisting and the false continuing. These three passages of text are similes answering the former question. 'Only when the wind ceases,' and so forth, is the simile of the false ceasing while the real persists. This single passage is a simile answering the latter question. If one considers it subtly, its meaning becomes clear of itself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.4.21) - [Next: 4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.4.23) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814~en-mt.4.22) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.4.22) · Pramāṇa