起信論疏筆削記 14.3

14.3

論　云何下，二、述其所疑。現在等者，約橫說也，現今且見有信者寡，無信者眾。論　無量等者，合云前後無量差別，譯者迴文不盡也。未來等者，此約竪說，約望未來發起信心，遲速不等，故云前後。更有厚薄、進退、邪正等異，故云無量差別。此乃橫則有無差別，竪則前後差別，前後之言亦通過去。內熏等者，熏既是齊，信亦合齊，不合有於如是差別。

On the Śāstra's text from "Why is it" onward: Second, he sets forth the objection. "In the present," and so forth, is explained in terms of the horizontal: in the present, one merely sees that those who possess faith are few, while those who lack faith are many. On the Śāstra's "countless," and so forth: properly it should read "countless differences of earlier and later"; the translator did not render the phrasing fully. "In the future," and so forth: this is explained in terms of the vertical. Viewed in terms of the arising of faithful mind in the future, it varies in speed and slowness, and hence it says "earlier and later." There are further variations such as thickness and thinness, progress and regress, unorthodox and orthodox; hence it says "countless differences." Thus horizontally there is the difference of presence and absence, while vertically there is the difference of earlier and later; the words "earlier and later" also apply to the past. On "internal perfuming," and so forth: since the perfuming is uniform, faith should likewise be uniform; it is not fitting that there be such differences.