起信論疏筆削記 14.32

14.32

疏　如量智者，即上後得之異名。如彼彼眾生器量，如彼彼俗諦分量，悉皆知故。證真等者，依所證真理為軌則，故所行之行皆契真如，故云法力。但有信力者，地前既未契真，但能信順，緣真修行，故非法力。地上名真修，地前名緣修，即斯義也。八地已去者，約無功用行以釋自然也。諸說自發心修行已來，至此地已經二無數劫，自此之後任運相應，如下水船不勞篙棹，然猶更經一無數劫，方至佛果。今詳此段論意，不須別配八地方說自然，但是地上菩薩證真起行，皆依法力，皆是自然，末必須到八地，學者知之。

The commentary states: "Wisdom of conformity to measure" is another name for the aforementioned subsequent [wisdom]. It completely knows in accordance with the capacities of each respective sentient being and in accordance with the proportions of each respective conventional truth. In "realizing the real," and so forth, because one takes the realized real principle as a guideline, the practices one carries out all tally with tathatā, and thus it is called the "power of the Dharma." "Those who merely possess the power of faith" means that since those prior to the bhūmis have not yet tallied with the real, they are only able to faithfully follow it and cultivate by taking the real as an object; hence this is not the power of the Dharma. That on the bhūmis is called "true cultivation," whereas that prior to the bhūmis is called "objective-support cultivation"; this is indeed the meaning. "Those from the eighth bhūmi onward" explains spontaneity in terms of effortless practice. Various accounts state that from the initial aspiration and practice up to this bhūmi, two incalculable kalpas have already elapsed; from this point onward, one accords spontaneously, like a boat moving downstream without toiling at pole or oar, yet one must still pass through one more incalculable kalpa before reaching the fruit of buddhahood. Now, examining the intention of this section of the treatise, it is not necessary to assign [the term] "spontaneous" exclusively to the eighth bhūmi. Rather, when a bodhisattva on the bhūmis realizes the real and produces practices, all are based on the power of the Dharma and all are spontaneous; it is not necessary to reach the eighth bhūmi. Practitioners should understand this.