金剛三昧經論 1.83

1.83

論曰：生滅慮知相者，即是空如來藏。但此文中顯能隱義，而不名此為如來藏。言隱理不顯是如來藏者。是不空如來藏，約所隱義名如來藏。言性寂不動者，顯此藏性雖隱不改。此性有五義，如《無相論》說。一、種類義是性義。如瓶衣等一切色法不離四大種類，皆以四大為性。如是眾生不出一界，皆用一界為種類故。《攝大乘論》名體類義，《佛性論》中名自性義，言有左右意無異也。二者、因義是性義。如木中有火性，與火作因，故名為性。如是聖人諸無漏法，以此為因而得成故。彼二論中同名因義也。三者、生義是性義。如鍊真金生莊嚴具，莊嚴具生以金為性。此界亦爾，能生果地五分法身，法身之生此界為性。《攝大乘》中亦名生義；《佛性論》中名至得義，為別因義是在果前，故就已生名至得義。四者、不改義是性義。猶如金剛寶性，一劫等住，無增無減。如是此界三世等住，世間不壞、出世不盡。彼二論中名真實義，真實義者是不壞義，所以言異而意同也。五者、密藏義是性義。如黃石中有真金性，若不破鑛無所利益，隨順鍊治即有寶用，是故彼性是隱藏義。如來藏性當知亦爾，不破其纏為外為染，破纏相應成內成淨，故知此性是密藏義。《佛性論》中名祕密義，《攝大乘論》名為藏義，義同言異灼然可見。今此文中所言性者含此五義，寂不動者略顯後二，寂是密藏義、不動是不改義故。上來正廣一覺義竟。

The Commentary states: "The characteristic of arising, ceasing, and deliberative cognition" is precisely the empty tathāgatagarbha. However, here the text reveals its aspect of being able to conceal, yet does not name it the tathāgatagarbha. When it says "concealing the principle without being manifest is the tathāgatagarbha," this is the non-empty tathāgatagarbha; it is named "tathāgatagarbha" in terms of being that which is concealed. When it says "its nature is tranquil and unmoving," this reveals that although this nature of the garbha is concealed, it does not alter. This "nature" has five meanings, as explained in the *Treatise on Signlessness* (*Wuxiang lun*). First, the meaning of "category" is the meaning of "nature." Just as all material dharmas, such as vases and robes, are not separate from the category of the four great elements, and all take the four great elements as their nature, so too sentient beings do not depart from the one realm (dhātu), because they all use the one realm as their category. The *Mahāyānasaṃgraha-śāstra* calls this the meaning of "essential category," while the *Buddha-Nature Treatise* (*Fo xing lun*) calls it the meaning of "own-nature"; their words differ slightly, but their intention is not different. Second, the meaning of "cause" is the meaning of "nature." Just as there is the nature of fire within wood, which serves as a cause for fire and is therefore called "nature," so too the various uncontaminated dharmas of the noble ones are accomplished by taking this as their cause. Both treatises likewise call this the meaning of "cause." Third, the meaning of "production" is the meaning of "nature." Just as refining pure gold produces ornaments, and the production of ornaments takes gold as its nature, this realm is likewise: it can produce the five-part dharma-body of the fruit stage, and the production of the dharma-body takes this realm as its nature. In the *Mahāyānasaṃgraha* it is also called the meaning of "production"; in the *Buddha-Nature Treatise* it is called the meaning of "attainment"—to distinguish it from the meaning of "cause," which precedes the fruit, it is named the meaning of "attainment" with reference to what has already been produced. Fourth, the meaning of "unalchangeable" is the meaning of "nature." Just as the nature of the vajra-jewel abides equally for an eon, without increase or decrease, so too this realm abides equally across the three periods of time; it is not destroyed in the worldly, and not exhausted in the supramundane. Both treatises call this the meaning of "reality"; the meaning of "reality" is the meaning of "indestructible," so although the words differ, the intention is the same. Fifth, the meaning of "secret store" is the meaning of "nature." Just as there is the nature of pure gold within yellow rock, which is of no benefit if the ore is not broken open, but has precious utility when refined in accord with [the process], therefore that nature has the meaning of being hidden and concealed. One should know that the nature of the tathāgatagarbha is also like this: if its entanglements are not broken, it is external and defiled; when the entanglements are broken and it corresponds [with purity], it becomes internal and pure. Therefore one knows that this nature has the meaning of a secret store. In the *Buddha-Nature Treatise* it is called the meaning of "secret," and in the *Mahāyānasaṃgraha* it is called the meaning of "garbha (store)"; that their meaning is identical while their words differ is clearly evident. Now, what is called "nature" in this passage contains these five meanings. "Tranquil and unmoving" briefly reveals the latter two: "tranquil" is the meaning of "secret store," and "unmoving" is the meaning of "unchangeable." The foregoing has finished the direct and extensive explanation of the meaning of the single awakening.