[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [起信論疏筆削記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848) › 14.26 # 起信論疏筆削記 14.26 起信論疏筆削記 14.26 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [14.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.14.26) 問：此是差別緣，如前疏文只配凡夫二乘，如何將此為三賢已上耶？答：若如疏配，何故前論云：從初發意始求道時，乃至得佛，於中若見若念耶？應知此差別一緣，通為凡夫二乘諸位菩薩也。問：平等一緣，如疏唯配三賢已上，前信位中得有此緣否？答：若據論意，亦可通前。以下文云：所謂眾生依於三昧，乃得平等，見諸佛故。如十信位正修真如三昧，於中見者，豈非平等緣耶？應知前差別緣不約定中所見，但是隨類隨宜現十界身等，故名差別。若依三昧，見平等佛身無分齊相者，即平等緣。疏中前文且約依識熏習以辨二緣，亦一往爾。學者知之。 > Question: This is the differential condition; as the previous commentary only matched it to ordinary beings and the two vehicles, how can this now be applied to those above the three \[levels of\] worthies? Answer: If it were as matched in the commentary, why does the earlier treatise state: "From the initial aspiration when first seeking the Way, up to attaining Buddhahood, wherein they either see or remember"? One should know that this single differential condition applies universally to ordinary beings, the two vehicles, and bodhisattvas of all stages. Question: The single equal condition is matched in the commentary exclusively to those above the three \[levels of\] worthies; can this condition exist in the previous stage of faith? Answer: If one relies on the treatise's meaning, it can also extend to the prior stages. This is because the later text states: "Namely, sentient beings, relying on samādhi, then attain equality, because they see the Buddhas." If, during the stage of the ten faiths, when properly cultivating the tathatā samādhi, one sees them within it, how could that not be the equal condition? One should know that the differential condition mentioned earlier is not defined in terms of what is seen within absorption; it merely manifests bodies across the ten realms according to type and expediency, hence it is named "differential." If, relying on samādhi, one sees the equal Buddha-body devoid of marked boundaries, that is the equal condition. In the commentary, the earlier passage merely discerned the two conditions provisionally in terms of perfuming based on consciousness—that was just a tentative formulation. Scholars should know this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 14.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.14.25) - [Next: 14.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.14.27) - [Up: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.14) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848~en-mt.14.26) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.14.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.14.26) · Pramāṇa