[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) › 1.37 # 起信論註 1.37 起信論註 1.37 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2815.1.37) 論二者因熏習鏡謂如實不空一切世間境界悉於中現不出不入不失不壞常住一心以一切法即真實性故又一切染法所不能染智體不動具足無漏熏眾生故　述曰。此第二義也。因熏鏡者標其名也。能生覺果名之為因。此能內熏故名熏習。能現諸法故謂之鏡。次下辨相文有三。節謂如實不空者出因體也。以有無漏性功德相真實體故。故云如實不實如真異不言也。由不空故方能作彼始覺。正因故不空者成因義也。以一切下釋其鏡義。謂一切法離此心外無別體性。猶如鏡中能現影也。答。能影者猶如清淨水中能現波相。雖現波相亦不壞清淨水性。真如是妄法中□□言不出者。明心待熏變現諸法而非自出。所變餘不出心故。言入者謂心隨緣熏變現諸法故言此心能攝一切法。縱使隨緣變動亦不異真如。縱使變壞作生滅去亦不異真如。明日為熏成佛去時亦不□□異真如。此心一切真如生滅家因體也。雖見影染體故言不失者。此皆真作體能諸法染淨法也。雖作生滅後動真性不可德。 > Treatise: The second is the mirror of causal perfuming, meaning truly not-empty: all worldly spheres of cognition all appear within it, neither going out nor coming in, neither lost nor destroyed, permanently abiding in the one mind, because all dharmas are just the true nature; furthermore, it cannot be defiled by any defiled dharmas, the essence of wisdom being unmoving, fully endowed with the untainted, perfuming sentient beings. Commentary: This is the second meaning. 'The mirror of causal perfuming' designates its name. That which can produce the fruit of enlightenment is called 'cause'. Because this can perfume internally, it is called 'perfuming'. Because it can manifest all dharmas, it is called a 'mirror'. Next, in distinguishing its marks, the text has three clauses: 'meaning truly not-empty' reveals the essence of the cause. Because it has untainted nature-merit marks and a real essence, it is said to be 'truly not-empty'—meaning true and real, not different from truth. Because it is not-empty, it can then serve as the direct cause for that initial enlightenment; hence 'not-empty' establishes the meaning of the cause. From 'all worldly...' onward explains the meaning of the mirror: all dharmas apart from this mind have no separate essence or nature, just like being able to manifest reflections within a mirror. Answer: Being able to reflect images is like being able to manifest the marks of waves in pure water: although manifesting the marks of waves, it does not destroy the pure nature of the water. Tathatā within delusory dharmas \[...\]. 'Neither going out' clarifies that the mind awaits perfuming to transform and manifest all dharmas, but they do not come out from themselves; what is transformed \[...\] does not go out of the mind. 'Coming in' means that the mind follows conditions to perfume, transform, and manifest all dharmas; hence it is said that this mind can subsume all dharmas. Even if it transforms and moves following conditions, it is not different from tathatā. Even if it transforms, breaks down, and proceeds as arising and ceasing, it is not different from tathatā. Tomorrow, when it is perfumed to attain Buddhahood, it is also not \[...\] different from tathatā. This mind is the causal essence of all tathatā, arising, and ceasing. Although reflections of defilement are seen, \[its essence is not lost\]; hence it is said 'neither lost'—this is all the real serving as the essence able \[to sustain\] all defiled and pure dharmas. Even though it acts as arising and ceasing, its subsequent moving real nature is unobtainable.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2815.1.36) - [Next: 1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2815.1.38) - [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.1.37) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [釋摩訶衍論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1668.3.52) — Classical Chinese - [大乘起信論略述](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.1.102) — Classical Chinese - [大乘起信論廣釋卷第三．四．五](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.3.26) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2815.1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2815.1.37) · Pramāṇa