[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) › 5.72 # 大乘起信論廣釋卷第三．四．五 5.72 大乘起信論廣釋卷第三．四．五 5.72 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.5.72) 論。是正念者至不可得　釋白。此示所以也。謂有疑云。何故無念名為攝來。是住正念。故示正念釋其所以。謂離二種心無所得。契證真如是正念相。尚唯心等者無所取也。即復此心等者無能取也。既離心境得正念名。故但無念名攝來耳。離真無有正念相故。故新本云。心馳外境攝住內心。後復起心不取心相。以離真如不可得故。故諸論說。教授巧云菩薩。於定位觀影。唯是心義相。既減空觀。唯自相如是住。內心知所取非有。次能取亦無。後□無所除。 > Treatise: "This correct mindfulness... is unobtainable." > Commentary: This shows the reason. That is, someone might doubt: why is non-thought called "collecting it" and "abiding in correct mindfulness"? Therefore, it shows correct mindfulness and explains its reason. Separating from both kinds of mind, with nothing to obtain, and契-verifying tathatā: this is the characteristic of correct mindfulness. > "Still only mind..." and so forth means there is no grasped object. "Then again this mind..." and so forth means there is no grasping subject. Since one separates from both mind and object, it attains the name "correct mindfulness"; therefore, merely having no thought is called "collecting it," for separated from the real, there is no characteristic of correct mindfulness. Therefore the new version says: "When the mind wanders to external objects, collect it to abide in the internal mind; afterwards, when the mind arises again, do not grasp mental signs, because separated from tathatā it is unobtainable." Therefore various treatises say: "The skilful instruction says that when the bodhisattva is in the state of absorption, he contemplates images as being only the conceptual signs of mind. Once the empty contemplation decreases, only its own characteristic remains. Thus abiding in the internal mind, he knows that the grasped does not exist; next, the grasper is also non-existent; afterwards \[...\] there is nothing to be eliminated." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.5.71) - [Next: 5.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.5.73) - [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.5.72) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大乘起信論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.darsana.yogacara.mahayanasraddhotpadasastra*zh-siksananda.2.26) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.5.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.5.72) · Pramāṇa