起信論疏筆削記 10.12

10.12

初、總標。疏　此二下，以是本覺，不合言生，今隨染緣，還淨而顯，故有生義。斯則顯故名生，非創然而生也。故下文云：顯現法身等。生已不離者，其實即是今猶義說也，其猶明鏡在塵出塵，其體不別。

First, general indication. Commentary: 'These two…': because it is original enlightenment, it should not be said to arise; but now, conforming to defiled conditions, it is revealed through returning to purity, and thus possesses the sense of arising. In this case, being revealed is termed 'arising'; it is not that it arises newly for the first time. Therefore the text below says: 'Manifesting the dharmakāya…' 'Having arisen, they are not separate': in reality, they are identical; this is only stated analytically here. It is like a bright mirror being in dust or out of dust: its essence is not different.