大乘起信論義記 1.3

1.3

In explaining this treatise, I will briefly open ten sections: first, distinguishing the reasons for the emergence of the teaching; second, its subsumption under the various piṭakas; third, revealing the scope of the teaching; fourth, the capacities addressed by the teaching; fifth, the essence of the expressive teaching; sixth, the central theme and orientation expressed; seventh, explaining the title of the treatise; eighth, the period of the treatise's composition; ninth, the era of its translation; tenth, explaining in accordance with the text.