起信論疏筆削記 8.58

8.58

論　所言下，二：初、正顯覺體。謂心下，標也。疏　離於等者，心體真實，本自靈鑒。念相虛妄，從來闇昧。若心有念是謂闇昧，名為不覺；心既離念則無闇昧，唯一靈知，名之為覺。復言體離者，當知本無。以本無故，名為本覺。

Treatise: "What is termed...", second: first, directly revealing the essence of enlightenment. Under "It means that the mind...", it indicates [it]. Commentary: Regarding "free from...": the mind-essence is real, originally intelligent and perceptive of itself. Thought marks are false, dark and ignorant from the beginning. If the mind has thoughts, this is called darkness and ignorance, and is termed non-enlightenment; once the mind is free from thoughts, there is no darkness or ignorance, only the one spiritual awareness, which is termed enlightenment. Furthermore, saying that its essence is free [from thought] means that one should know it is originally nonexistent. Because it is originally nonexistent, it is termed original enlightenment.