起信論疏筆削記 14.43

14.43

三、結。論　過河沙者，上但略顯，不能具載故。不離者，隨舉一德，全攝真性及一切德，疏文可解。論　不斷者，無始無終。疏云：相續即無終也。論　不異者，上云不離，恐謂如樹不離地、手不離腕等，故云不異。不異者，真如即德，德即真如，故疏云同味，語猶疏略。論　不思議者，即一性而有多義，即多義而全一性，不可以定量所得，心行處滅，言語道斷也。疏舉一義，影以顯之。論　佛法者，佛即是覺，意明上之功德盡是本覺之法故，故《金剛》云：一切法皆是佛法。疏　唯佛等者，約始覺釋佛字，謂佛是始覺之極。法即前諸功德，顯此諸法非因位而究了故，佛之法也。所覺法者，此約本覺釋佛字，佛即法也，義如前釋。

Third, the conclusion. The treatise states: "Exceeding the sands of the Gaṅgā..."—because the above only briefly revealed them and could not record them completely. "Not separate"—whichever single virtue is mentioned, it entirely subsumes the true nature and all virtues; the commentary text is easy to understand. The treatise states: "Uninterrupted..."—without beginning and without end. The commentary states: "Continuity means having no end." The treatise states: "Not different..."—the preceding said "not separate," and fearing people might take it to mean like a tree not separate from the ground, or a hand not separate from the wrist, it therefore says "not different." "Not different" means tathatā is identical with the virtues, and the virtues are identical with tathatā; hence the commentary says "of the same taste," though its wording is still brief. The treatise states: "Inconceivable..."—being one nature yet having manifold meanings, being manifold meanings yet entirely one nature; it cannot be grasped through fixed measures: the place of mental activity is extinguished, and the path of speech is cut off. The commentary raises one meaning to implicitly reveal it. The treatise states: "Buddha-dharmas..."—"Buddha" means awakened; the intent is to clarify that the above virtues are entirely the dharmas of original enlightenment; hence the Diamond [Sūtra] says: "All dharmas are Buddha-dharmas." The commentary states: "Only a Buddha..."—this explains the word "Buddha" in terms of actualized enlightenment, meaning that a Buddha is the culmination of actualized enlightenment. "Dharmas" refers to the preceding myriad virtues, revealing that these dharmas are not fully fathomed in the causal stage, and are therefore the dharmas of a Buddha. "Dharmas that are awakened"—this explains the word "Buddha" in terms of original enlightenment: Buddha is identical with dharma; the meaning is as explained before.