[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) › 4.6 # 大乘起信論廣釋卷第三．四．五 4.6 大乘起信論廣釋卷第三．四．五 4.6 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.4.6) 論。三者分別至究竟離故　釋曰。即五意中名為智識。前六染中名為智相。分別染淨名別智。污淨心故而名為染。從第二地至第六地。於無漏觀非長時住。出觀緣事有細分別故。此法執未能永離。然於地地入觀之時分分能除故云漸離。若至七地長時入觀。此永不行名究竟離。具戒地者。即第二地。此地具足三聚戒故。無相方便即第七地。常作意住無相觀故。非謂八地無相之因。即此說者皆為謬釋。新論所言從具戒地至具惠地。少分離者即至六地名為具惠。具前三地覺分諦觀緣起相應增上惠故。 > Treatise: "Third, the discriminative \[…\] because of leaving it ultimately behind." / Commentary: That is, among the five intents, it is called the cognitive consciousness; among the earlier six defilements, it is called the characteristic of cognition. Discriminating defilement and purity is called discriminative cognition; defiling the pure mind, it is called a defilement. From the second bhūmi to the sixth bhūmi, one does not abide for a prolonged period in the uncontaminated contemplation; when emerging from contemplation to condition phenomenal things, there are subtle discriminations, so this grasping at dharmas cannot yet be permanently abandoned. However, at each bhūmi, upon entering contemplation, it can be eliminated portion by portion, so it is said to be "gradually abandoned." When reaching the seventh bhūmi, abiding for a long time in contemplation, this never functions again, which is called "leaving it ultimately behind." The ground of endowed morality refers to the second bhūmi, because this bhūmi is endowed with the threefold moral precept. The expedient means of signlessness refers to the seventh bhūmi, because one constantly applies attention to abide in the contemplation of signlessness; it does not mean the cause of signlessness of the eighth bhūmi—all who say that offer erroneous interpretations. What the new translation states as "from the ground endowed with morality to the ground endowed with wisdom, it is abandoned in part" means reaching the sixth bhūmi, which is called endowed with wisdom, because it possesses the higher wisdom associated with the aids to awakening, truth contemplation, and conditioned arising of the preceding three bhūmis. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.4.5) - [Next: 4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.4.7) - [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.4.6) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [大乘起信論略述](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.1.157) — Classical Chinese - [起信論註](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2815.1.41) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.4.6) · Pramāṇa