[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) › 4.25 # 大乘起信論廣釋卷第三．四．五 4.25 大乘起信論廣釋卷第三．四．五 4.25 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.4.25) 論。云何為四至所謂六塵　釋曰。此列染淨熏習名也。所言淨法名真如者。以此真如在生滅門。由三大義故名淨法。雖有忻染。自性淨故內熏返染。成始淨故外熏應機。成淨緣故。故梁攝論顯中義云。能成立者。謂真本有十種功德。所成立者。謂則新生十種勝行。一切染因名無明者。一切染謂三細六麁。根本無明作細染因。枝末無明為麁因故。所言業識為妄心者。體非真實。真中本無。為彼無明妄熏起故。然此妄心兼事識等。且據其本但云業識。所言六塵為妄境者。從妄心起體自妄。現為彼事識妄心取故。然四熏中一淨三染。以彼染法自性差別杖因託緣故。具說三淨法。對染雖成熏義。體用無別故明一種。又欲顯彼淨勝染劣。少敵多故舉一對三。 > \[Treatise:\] What are the four? \[First is the pure phenomenon, called tathatā. Second is the cause of all defilements, called avidyā. Third is the deluded mind, called karmic consciousness. Fourth is the deluded object, called the six sense-dusts.\] > \[Commentary:\] This lists the names of defiled and pure perfumings. What is called the pure phenomenon, named tathatā: because this tathatā is within the gate of arising and ceasing, it is called a pure phenomenon by virtue of the meaning of the three greatnesses. Although it is associated with defilement, because its self-nature is pure, its internal perfuming turns away from defilement to accomplish initial purity; because its external perfuming responds to spiritual capacities, it accomplishes pure conditions. Therefore the Liang translation of the Mahāyānasaṃgraha, in clarifying the Madhyamaka meaning, says: 'That which can establish refers to the ten kinds of merits fundamentally possessed by the real; that which is established refers to the newly arisen ten kinds of superior practices.' What is called the cause of all defilements, named avidyā: 'all defilements' refers to the three subtleties and six coarsenesses. Fundamental avidyā serves as the cause of subtle defilement, and branch avidyā serves as the cause of coarse defilement. What is called the karmic consciousness as the deluded mind: its substance is not real, fundamentally non-existent within the true, arising because of the false perfuming of that avidyā. However, this deluded mind also includes the phenomenal consciousness, etc.; here, based on its fundamental \[state\], it is merely called karmic consciousness. What is called the six sense-dusts as deluded objects: arising from the deluded mind, their substance is falsely manifested of itself, being grasped by that deluded mind of phenomenal consciousness. However, among the four perfumings, one is pure and three are defiled; because the self-nature of those defiled phenomena is differentiated and relies upon causes and conditions, three are spoken of in full. Although the pure phenomenon forms the meaning of perfuming in opposition to defilement, because substance and activity are without distinction, only one kind is clarified. Furthermore, wishing to show that purity is superior and defilement is inferior, and that the few can oppose the many, one is adduced against three. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.4.24) - [Next: 4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.4.26) - [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.4.25) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大乘起信論略述](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.3) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.4.25) · Pramāṇa