起信論疏筆削記 8.3

8.3

初、標體。論　如來藏者，具三種義：謂隱覆、含攝、出生義。隱覆之中復有二義：一者、藏如來故，名如來藏。即煩惱為能藏，如來為所藏，藏於如來，如來之藏，依主釋也。如櫃中有金，名為金櫃，櫃不是金。故《理趣般若》云：一切眾生皆如來藏。《勝鬘》及《如來藏經》具有此說。二者、如來自隱不現，名如來藏。法身無相，不可以智知識識，況眼見耶？斯如來即藏，持業釋也，如《佛性論》說。含攝之中復有三義：一、體含用，謂法身中有身土相用等；二、聖含凡，謂一切眾生皆在如來智內，亦如《佛性論》說；三、因含果，謂因位已攝果位功德，此則以因為藏，藏果佛故。前二持業釋，後一依主釋。出生者，謂十地證真名藏，能成佛果名如來，亦持業釋。今論於六義中，除於四六，餘者皆通。

First, indicating the essence. The treatise states: 'Tathāgatagarbha' possesses three meanings: concealing, containing, and producing. Within 'concealing', there are again two meanings: First, because it conceals the Tathāgata, it is called tathāgatagarbha. That is, afflictions are that which conceals, and the Tathāgata is that which is concealed; concealed within the Tathāgata, the treasury of the Tathāgata—this is a tatpuruṣa compound. It is like having gold within a chest and calling it a gold chest; the chest is not gold. Therefore the Liqu bore states: 'All sentient beings are tathāgatagarbha.' The Śrīmālā and the Tathāgatagarbha-sūtra both have this explanation. Second, the Tathāgata itself is concealed and does not appear, so it is called tathāgatagarbha. The dharmakāya is markless; it cannot be known by wisdom or cognized by consciousness, let alone seen with the eyes. Here, the Tathāgata is itself the treasury—this is a karmadhāraya compound, as explained in the Treatise on Buddha-nature. Within 'containing', there are again three meanings: 1. The essence contains the function, meaning that within the dharmakāya there are the marks and functions of bodies and lands, and so forth; 2. The noble contains the ordinary, meaning that all sentient beings are within the Tathāgata's wisdom, also as explained in the Treatise on Buddha-nature; 3. The cause contains the fruit, meaning that the causal stage already encompasses the virtues of the fruitional stage; here, the cause is the treasury because it conceals the fruitional Buddha. The first two are karmadhāraya compounds, and the latter is a tatpuruṣa compound. Regarding 'producing', this means that the realization of tathatā across the ten stages is called the treasury, and the ability to accomplish the Buddha fruit is called the Tathāgata; this is also a karmadhāraya compound. Now, in this treatise, among the six meanings, excluding the fourth and the sixth, the remaining all apply.