起信論疏筆削記 8.45

8.45

真如下，明真中四義。顯真德者，反流翻染，形對妄法，顯此真德，即下隨染本覺中智淨相，文云：謂依法力熏習，如實修行滿足方便故。破和合識相，滅相續心相，顯現法身，智淳淨故。起淨用者，無明是妄，恒起染用。以真熏有力。令彼反流順真如性，故名淨用。下云：自體相熏習者，從無始世來具無漏法，備有不思議業，作境界之性。依此二義恒常熏習，能令眾生厭生死苦，樂求涅槃。又云：以有真如法故，能熏習無明，乃至得涅槃，成自然業等。隱真者，即前說真如隨緣成梨耶識。既成識已，隱在識中，以其隱故，名如來藏，已見上文。現妄者，真體既隱，妄相即現，謂境界相是也。下云：不了真如法，故不覺念起，現妄境界。

"Tathatā..." clarifies the four meanings within the true. Regarding "manifesting true virtue": turning back the flow to overturn defilement, set in contrast to deluded dharmas, manifests this true virtue. This is the mark of purity of wisdom within the original enlightenment that conforms to defilement below. The text says: "It means that, relying on the perfuming of the power of the Dharma, one cultivates the expedient means in accordance with reality to completion; breaking the mark of composite consciousness and extinguishing the mark of the continuing mind, the dharmakāya is manifested, because wisdom is pure." Regarding "giving rise to pure function": avidyā is delusion and constantly gives rise to defiled function. Because true perfuming is potent, it causes that to turn back the flow and conform to the nature of tathatā; therefore it is termed "pure function". Below it says: "Perfuming of the intrinsic essence and attributes: from beginingless time it possesses anāsrava dharmas, is fully endowed with inconceivable action, and acts as the nature of objects. Relying on these two meanings, it constantly perfumes, enabling sentient beings to weary of the suffering of saṃsāra and aspire to seek nirvāṇa." It also says: "Because the dharma of tathatā exists, it is able to perfume avidyā... up to attaining nirvāṇa and accomplishing natural karma," and so on. Regarding "concealing the real": this is what was explained before, that tathatā accords with conditions to become the ālaya-consciousness. Once it has become this consciousness, it is concealed within the consciousness; because it is concealed, it is named tathāgatagarbha, as has already been seen above. Regarding "manifesting the deluded": once the true essence is concealed, deluded marks immediately appear—namely, the mark of objects. Below it says: "Not comprehending the dharma of tathatā, unenlightened thoughts arise, manifesting deluded objects."