起信論疏筆削記 10.6

10.6

《攝論》下，二、引證，二：初、引《攝論》。前二句舉喻，後二句法合。以須臾間睡成多年夢，如有說言：一夢之間經歷三世，受身生死。此之謂也。此中下，指引文意，意云：經年夢事不出須臾，無涯生死不出剎那。彼論剎那即今之無念，指彼同此也。

'The Mahāyānasaṃgraha…' is the second part: adducing proofs, which has two parts: first, citing the Mahāyānasaṃgraha. The first two lines present the metaphor, and the latter two lines match it with the Dharma. Because sleeping for an instant creates a dream of many years—as someone said: 'In the space of a single dream, one passes through three lifetimes, receiving bodies in saṃsāra'—this is what it means. 'Herein…' points out the intent of the cited text, meaning: the events of a dream spanning years do not go beyond an instant; boundless saṃsāra does not go beyond a kṣaṇa. That treatise's 'kṣaṇa' is precisely the present 'freedom from thought'; pointing to that indicates identity with this.