[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) › 5.54 # 大乘起信論廣釋卷第三．四．五 5.54 大乘起信論廣釋卷第三．四．五 5.54 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.5.54) 論。三者信法至波羅蜜故　釋曰。佛依法成故。次明也。法有四種。教理行果。今此即顯信行法也。由依行勝得佛果故。依教悟理行方成故。故有行法則具餘三。又復前二已信理果。信理果者。已成信教。是故此中但信行法。有大利益者。顯所信德。益有四種。一能潤益。若修六度潤六弊故。二能成益。菩提之果緣此成故。三能攝益。自益益他離小果故。四無盡益。現八相永無盡故。常樂等者。起願相也。既信有益常樂修也。 > The treatise says: "Third, faith in the Dharma… pāramitās." The commentary says: Because the Buddha is accomplished in reliance on the Dharma, it is explained next. The Dharma has four kinds: teaching, principle, practice, and fruit. Here it directly reveals faith in the practice-Dharma. Because by relying on supreme practice one attains the fruit of Buddhahood, and by relying on the teaching one awakens to the principle so that practice is then accomplished, if there is the practice-Dharma, the other three are possessed. Furthermore, the preceding two have already had faith in the principle and the fruit; having faith in the principle and fruit already constitutes faith in the teaching. Therefore, herein one only has faith in the practice-Dharma. "Having great benefit" reveals the virtue that is the object of faith. Benefit has four kinds: first, the benefit of moistening, because cultivating the six perfections moistens \[and overcomes\] the six faults; second, the benefit of accomplishment, because the fruit of bodhi is accomplished conditioned by this; third, the benefit of gathering, because benefiting oneself and benefiting others is free from the lesser fruit; fourth, inexhaustible benefit, because manifesting the eight aspects is forever inexhaustible. "Constantly delighting…" and so on is the aspect of generating aspiration. Having faith that there is benefit, one constantly delights in cultivating it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.5.53) - [Next: 5.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.5.55) - [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.5.54) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.5.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.5.54) · Pramāṇa