起信論疏筆削記 14.14

14.14

明得中，論　因緣具者，如乾木之遇繩鑽也。諸佛等者，此則揀異二乘等，以顯遇真善知識也。然此段文有二種加義，初以慈悲等是冥加，由冥加故起信修善；次從以修下是顯加，謂現身說法，由顯加故進行證果。於中修善成熟一句，躡前起後也。然前喻文正喻初段冥加之意，若喻後段顯加之文，應如加之以積薪，鼓之以烈風，則令前木都盡也。

In clarifying attainment, on the Śāstra's "causes and conditions being complete": this is like dry wood encountering the bow-drill. On "the Buddhas," and so forth: this then distinguishes [them] from the two vehicles and the like, to show the encounter with a true spiritual friend (kalyāṇamitra). However, this passage of text contains two kinds of empowerment: first, from "compassion," and so forth, is hidden empowerment, and due to hidden empowerment one gives rise to faith and cultivates good; next, from "by cultivating" downward is manifest empowerment, meaning manifesting a physical body and preaching the Dharma, and due to manifest empowerment one advances in practice and realizes the fruit. Within this, the sentence "the cultivation of good having matured" takes up what precedes to introduce what follows. However, the text of the preceding simile directly illustrates the meaning of the hidden empowerment in the first section; if it were to illustrate the text of the manifest empowerment in the latter section, it should be like adding accumulated firewood and fanning it with a fierce wind, thereby causing the former wood to be completely consumed.