起信論疏筆削記 15.37

15.37

重牒分別者，廣明前之二身隨見差別。一、應。疏　簡凡異小者，此且說凡夫一類所見，不論二乘，斯則十信已前異生凡夫也。黑象脚者，《觀佛三昧海經》云：觀佛相好者，如人執鏡，照自面像，若生垢惡不善心者，見佛純黑，猶如炭人。釋子眾中，有五百人見佛色身猶如灰人；比丘眾中，有一千人見佛色身如赤土人；優婆塞眾中，有十六人見佛色身如黑象脚；優婆夷眾中，有二十四人見佛色身猶如聚墨。

'Reiterating and differentiating' means extensively explaining the difference in what is seen according to the previous two bodies. First, the response [body]. [Commentary] 'Singling out ordinary beings to distinguish them from the Hīnayāna': this provisionally speaks of what one class of ordinary beings sees, not discussing the two vehicles; thus these are the ordinary beings of different births prior to the ten faiths. 'Black elephant's foot': the *Guanfo sanmei hai jing* says: 'One who contemplates the Buddha's major and minor marks is like a person holding a mirror and reflecting the image of their own face. If one gives rise to a defiled, evil, and unwholesome mind, one sees the Buddha as purely black, like a charcoal man. Among the assembly of Śākyas, there were five hundred people who saw the Buddha's physical body like an ash man; among the assembly of monks, there were one thousand people who saw the Buddha's physical body like a red-earth man; among the assembly of upāsakas, there were sixteen people who saw the Buddha's physical body like a black elephant's foot; among the assembly of upāsikās, there were twenty-four people who saw the Buddha's physical body like a mass of ink.'