大乘起信論義記 1.51

1.51

第三僧寶者，僧通凡聖，寶唯聖位；聖通大小，菩薩為勝。是故此中唯歸地上大菩薩僧，謂證理起行名如實修。下文云「依法力熏習」是地前行，如實修行是地上行，「滿足方便」是地滿位。此中等者，舉中等取前後也。又依《寶性論》就地上菩薩約正體後得說二修行。彼論云「一、如實修行，了如理一味。二、遍修行，備知一心有恒沙法界。」今此文中舉正體等取後得，故云等也。依《法集經》總括萬行為二修行。彼經云「如實修行者發菩提願，不放逸修者謂滿菩提願。復次，如實修行者謂修行布施，不放逸修者不求報」等。此中亦舉初等取後，可知。歸敬三寶竟。

Third, the Saṅgha Jewel: "saṅgha" pervades both ordinary persons and noble ones, but "jewel" applies only to the noble ranks. "Noble ones" pervades both the Greater and Lesser [Vehicles], but the bodhisattvas are supreme. Therefore, here refuge is taken only in the saṅgha of great bodhisattvas on the grounds: realizing the principle and initiating practice is called "practicing in accord with reality." Below, the text says: "perfuming through the power of the Dharma" is the practice prior to the grounds; "practicing in accord with reality" is the practice on the grounds; "fulfilling the expedients" is the stage of completing the grounds. Here, "and the like" raises the middle to include the preceding and the subsequent. Furthermore, based on the Ratnagotravibhāga, two kinds of practice are explained regarding bodhisattvas on the grounds in terms of fundamental and subsequently attained [cognition]. That treatise says: "First, practicing in accord with reality, understanding the single flavor of reality as it is. Second, practicing pervasively, fully knowing that the One Mind has realms of phenomena as numerous as the sands of the Ganges." Now, in this text, raising the fundamental to include the subsequently attained is why it says "and the like." Based on the Dharmasaṅgītisūtra, the myriad practices are comprehensively subsumed into two kinds of practice. That sūtra says: "Practicing in accord with reality refers to making the aspiration for awakening; practicing without heedlessness refers to fulfilling the aspiration for awakening. Furthermore, practicing in accord with reality refers to practicing giving; practicing without heedlessness refers to not seeking a reward," and so forth. Here too it raises the first to include the latter, which should be understood. Taking refuge in and venerating the Three Jewels is finished.