大乘起信論義記 3.74

3.74

Second, in specifically revealing cessation: First, 'the cause ceases': because the three subtle [marks] arise directly relying on the cause of avidyā, when avidyā ceases they also cease accordingly. Later, 'the condition ceases': because the three coarse defilements arise directly relying on the condition of perceptual objects, when perceptual objects cease they also cease accordingly. This relies on the principle of beginning and end, arising and exhausting, to clarify the meaning of the two kinds of arising and ceasing, not on the principle of momentary arising and ceasing.