仁王經疏 3.231

3.231

Regarding the words 'not sinking' and so forth, various explanations differ. According to the Original Commentary (Benji): Ordinary beings are called 'sinking,' because they sink in saṃsāra; the two vehicles are called 'emerging,' because they emerge from saṃsāra; from the thirty minds up to the ten bhūmis is called 'not turning back'; the Buddha-stage is called 'not inverted.' This method is practiced within the ten dedications. This explanation is not so. Why is this? That [commentary] explains that only from 'Good sons, such as these' downward belongs to the first bhūmi, while all the passages above belong to the ten dedications; this does not accord with the sūtra's intent, and therefore we do not follow it now. Our present explanation: It is not so. One [master] says: The first two are as above; the practice of the ten abodes can turn back, and the ten dedications still have inversion. The first bhūmi is free from the preceding four stages; hence it speaks of the four 'nots.' Another says: 'Sinking' refers to torpor, which is an obstacle to concentration. 'Emerging' refers to agitation, which is an obstacle to wisdom. 'Turning' refers to remaining afflictions such as doubt. 'Inversion' refers to inversions such as the view of self. Upon entering the first bhūmi one is free from the above four faults; hence it speaks of the four 'nots.'