[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) › 1.42 # 起信論註 1.42 起信論註 1.42 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2815.1.42) 四者現色不相應染依色自在地能離故　述曰。即五意中第三現色識。動心現境名為現色。能污淨心名之為染。相應義如下所明。八地能得相云自在。色性隨心名色自在。能澄相土自在真如。菩薩到八地任運自在。八地以前所智惠依無明起。若至八地一切所起智惠從真如起故自在。所變他自在。或變大海變成𦼼樂。或變大地為金餘色。故曰相土自在。或變身為滿虛空。或變身如界子。或生畜生中。或生人中為他眾生故□□□□隨意受生故名自在。或一字中說一切法。或一□□□□說故名如。現色境用從真而起無妄境界。從此永離故說現染此地能離。 > \[Treatise:\] Fourth is defilement unassociated with manifesting form, which can be abandoned relying on the stage of mastery over form. \[Commentary:\] This is the third, the consciousness of manifesting form, among the five minds. The mind's activation manifesting objective realms is called manifesting form. Polluting the pure mind is called defilement. The meaning of "associated" is as explained below. The eighth stage is able to obtain marks, which is called mastery. The nature of form following the mind is called mastery over form. One is able to purify the marks of lands and master tathatā. When a bodhisattva reaches the eighth stage, it is spontaneous and mastered. Before the eighth stage, all wisdom that arose relied on avidyā. When reaching the eighth stage, all wisdom that arises originates from tathatā; therefore it is mastery. What is transformed for others is mastered: one may transform the great ocean into joy, or transform the great earth into gold or other colors; hence it is called mastery over the marks of lands. Or one may transform one's body to fill empty space, or transform one's body to be like a mustard seed; or take birth among animals, or take birth among humans for the sake of other sentient beings, \[…\] taking birth according to one's wish, hence it is called mastery. Or within a single word one expounds all dharmas, or in one \[…\] one expounds, hence it is called "as such." The function of manifesting realms of form arises from the real without delusory realms. Because it is forever abandoned from this point on, it is said that this stage can abandon the defilement of manifestation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2815.1.41) - [Next: 1.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2815.1.43) - [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.1.42) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [大乘起信論義記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.3.33) — Classical Chinese - [大乘起信論略述](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.1.158) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2815.1.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2815.1.42) · Pramāṇa