[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) › 5.15 # 大乘起信論廣釋卷第三．四．五 5.15 大乘起信論廣釋卷第三．四．五 5.15 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.5.15) 論。如是眾生至亦無得淨　釋曰。下合有三。初正合前喻。次顯行所以。後善行順真。此初也。真如等者。初顯真性淨。離偽名真。無二曰如。有恒沙德故名為法。無礙名空。無染名淨。而有等者。次顯真相。染真及煩惱。皆眾生有之。眾生之垢妄翳真如。非謂真如性自有垢。若人已下後顯藉緣。淨以有垢故。不以方便熏真滅妄終無得淨。 > Treatise: In this way, sentient beings \[...\] will never attain purity. > Commentary: In the application below there are three parts: first, directly applying the preceding simile; next, revealing the reason for the practice; later, wholesome practices according with the real. This is the first. Regarding "tathatā," etc.: First, it reveals that the real nature is pure. Being free from falsehood is called "true" (tatha); being non-dual is called "such" (tā). Possessing virtues numerous as the sands of the Ganges, it is called "dharma." Being unimpeded is called "empty"; being undefiled is called "pure." Regarding "yet there are," etc.: Next, it reveals the marks of the real. Defilement of the real and afflictions are all possessed by sentient beings. The defilements of sentient beings falsely obscure tathatā; it is not that the nature of tathatā itself has defilement. From "if a person" below: Afterwards, it reveals reliance on conditions. Because purity has defilement, unless one uses skillful means to perfume the real and extinguish the false, one will never attain purity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.5.14) - [Next: 5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.5.16) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814~en-mt.5.15) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.5.15) · Pramāṇa