大乘起信論義記 3.260

3.260

In the specific explanations, what is the distinction among these five kinds of attachments? The first one is in terms of the fruit; the other four apply to both cause and fruit. Furthermore, the first two are erroneous attachments regarding emptiness, while the latter three are inverted understandings regarding existence. Among the first two, the first falsely grasps phenomenal emptiness as the substance of the Dharma; the next falsely grasps the substance of the Dharma as being merely empty nonexistence. Among the three attachments to existence: first, grasping the virtues of the nature as being identical to form and mind; next, grasping the nature of phenomena as originally possessing defilement; and finally, grasping defilement and purity as having a beginning and an end.