起信論疏筆削記 14.27

14.27

一、能作平等。疏　平等心者，九類皆度，不揀擇故。論　自然熏習者，有二：一、以本悲願常熏本覺，不曾捨離。二、無緣慈悲常熏眾生，攝取不捨，不待作意，故曰自然。疏　常用者，無作妙用，有感斯應也。論　同體智者，謂此智與真如體同故，又能知一切凡聖染淨同一真故，此根本智也。下云而現作業，即後得智。疏　釋成常用者，亦是釋成平等所以，以真如之性平等無斷無盡，故能普度，常不捨離。此如下，信成就發心，大願平等方便中說。論　隨應見聞者，隨彼菩薩位中所應見者，各見佛身及與淨土。可應聞者，各聞說法，示教利喜。現作業者，謂現大小化身土之業用也。此則現身說法，皆是起緣熏之用，故疏云顯其用相也。亦可文中，皆願度脫是第一心也，度脫即是令得滅度解脫也。一切眾生是廣大心，常恒不捨是常心，同體智是不顛倒心，以有智故無人我相也。已上皆顯平等緣體也，後二句顯其用相。

First, the ability to act with equality. The commentary states: "equal mind" means delivering all nine classes without discrimination. In the treatise, "natural perfuming" has two aspects: first, through original compassionate vows, constantly perfuming original enlightenment without ever departing from it; second, unconditioned loving-kindness and compassion constantly perfuming sentient beings, embracing them without abandonment, without waiting for deliberate intent—hence called "natural." The commentary states: "constant function" is the wonderful function of non-action, responding wherever there is an impetus. In the treatise, "wisdom of identical essence" means that this wisdom is identical in essence with tathatā, and is furthermore capable of knowing that all ordinary beings, sages, defilements, and purities are identical in one truth; this is the fundamental wisdom. The later phrase "and manifests actions" refers to subsequent wisdom. The commentary states: "explaining and establishing constant function" is also explaining and establishing the reason for equality: because the nature of tathatā is equal, unbroken, and inexhaustible, it is capable of universally delivering and never abandoning [sentient beings]. This is just as discussed below under arousing the mind upon the perfection of faith, within the great vow of equal expedients. In the treatise, "according to what should be seen and heard" means according to what should be seen in the stage of that bodhisattva, each sees the Buddha-body and pure lands; according to what should be heard, each hears the expounding of the Dharma, pointing out, instructing, benefiting, and delighting. "Manifesting actions" refers to manifesting the functional activities of great and small transformation bodies and lands. This means that manifesting bodies and expounding the Dharma are all the functions of initiating conditional perfuming, hence the commentary states that it reveals the marks of its function. Alternatively, in the text, "vowing to deliver all" is the supreme mind; "deliver" means causing them to attain extinction and liberation. "All sentient beings" is the vast mind; "constantly and eternally without abandoning" is the permanent mind; "wisdom of identical essence" is the non-inverted mind, because possessing wisdom, there is no mark of self or other. The above all reveal the essence of the equal condition; the last two lines reveal the marks of its function.