大乘起信論別記 1.110

1.110

From "What does this mean?" onward explains the two chapter headings. First, it explains manas. Herein there are three parts: first, briefly clarifying manas; next, broadly analyzing manas; from "Therefore" onward, concluding with the establishment of mind-only. At the beginning, "relying on the ālayavijñāna" explains the meaning of "relying on the mind" above. The fundamental avidyā of characteristics exists by directly relying on the substance of consciousness; hence it says that relying on consciousness it is said that there is avidyā. As the text above says: "This consciousness has two meanings: first, the meaning of enlightenment; second, the meaning of non-enlightenment." This is precisely what it refers to. The Four-fascicle Laṅkāvatārasūtra says: "The tathāgatagarbha, perfumed by beginningless false and evil habits, is called the ālayavijñāna, producing the avidyāvāsabhūmi, which accompanies the seven consciousnesses." One should know that the avidyāvāsabhūmi is not subsumed within the seven consciousnesses, nor is it a seed perfumed by them.