[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) › [起信論註](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2815) › 1.28 # 起信論註 1.28 起信論註 1.28 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2815.1.28) 論若得無念者則知心相生住異滅以無念等故　（述曰。此顯覺者之德。若妄未息不知一心本無相念。若至心源得於無念則知眾生體即無念。佛無念體與彼平等故能遍知諸念無念。答前文四相。於漸覺位門則言眾未至究竟覺只緣無明未盡。真如門中本無相念亦本覺不覺只緣妄未息。不知一心本無相念。答。若一切眾生若未息共佛體玄隔所以不知佛體無念。若至本真如心源得於無念。則知眾生體即無念佛無念體與眾生體平等無別故知一切諸念本來無念）。 > Treatise: If one attains thoughtlessness, then one knows the mind's marks of arising, abiding, changing, and ceasing, because of being equal to thoughtlessness. (Commentary: This reveals the virtue of the enlightened one. If delusion has not yet ceased, one does not know that the one mind is originally devoid of marks and thoughts. If one reaches the mind-source and attains thoughtlessness, then one knows that the essence of sentient beings is itself thoughtlessness. The Buddha's essence of thoughtlessness is equal to them; therefore, he can universally know that all thoughts are thoughtless. In response to the previous text on the four marks: in the aspect of the stage of gradual enlightenment, it is said that sentient beings have not reached ultimate enlightenment only because avidyā is not yet exhausted. In the tathatā aspect, originally there are no marks or thoughts; likewise, original enlightenment and non-enlightenment are only because delusion has not yet ceased, and one does not know that the one mind is originally devoid of marks and thoughts. Reply: If delusion has not ceased in all sentient beings, they are profoundly separated from the Buddha's essence, and so they do not know that the Buddha's essence is thoughtless. If they reach the original tathatā mind-source and attain thoughtlessness, then they know that the essence of sentient beings is itself thoughtlessness; the Buddha's essence of thoughtlessness is equal and without difference to the essence of sentient beings, and therefore one knows that all thoughts are originally thoughtless.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2815.1.27) - [Next: 1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2815.1.29) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2815.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2815~en-mt.1.28) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [大乘起信論略述](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.1.88) — Classical Chinese - [大乘起信論廣釋卷第三．四．五](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.3.12) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2815.1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2815.1.28) · Pramāṇa