起信論疏筆削記 15.2

15.2

一、悲行中，論　佛本在因者，為菩薩時所行諸行，以慈悲為本，無不先以利他為首，攝化眾生也。諸波羅蜜下，謂以諸度攝令附己，化令從善也。以布施攝貧窮，持戒攝毀禁等，此通二利，故《維摩經》云：資財無量攝諸貧民，奉戒清淨攝諸毀禁，以忍調行攝諸恚怒，以大精進攝諸懈怠，一心禪定攝諸亂意，以決定慧攝諸無智。

1. Under "compassionate practice":
[Śāstra:] "The Buddhas originally in the causal stage": refers to the various practices performed when they were bodhisattvas. Taking loving-kindness and compassion as the basis, there were none that did not put benefiting others first, gathering and transforming sentient beings. "The various pāramitās" downward means gathering them to adhere to oneself through the various perfections, transforming them to follow good. Gathering the impoverished with generosity, gathering the transgressors with holding precepts, and so forth: this applies to both self-benefit and other-benefit. Therefore the Vimalakīrtinirdeśa-sūtra says: "Gathering the poor with limitless wealth, gathering the transgressors with pure observance of precepts, gathering the wrathful with disciplined practice of patience, gathering the indolent with great diligence, gathering the distracted with one-minded meditation, gathering the unwise with decisive wisdom."