起信論疏筆削記 9.4

9.4

以至下，此辨但名覺之所以。以始本既合，則無二相，無二相故但是一覺，故下文云：亦無始覺之異，以四相本來平等，同一覺故。又此下，約別義釋。前段是辨一覺所以，此即辨始覺所以。意明此段論文是明始覺，以依本起始，始還同本，故名始覺。以始得無念之覺，名真始覺也。已前雖亦名始覺，以未離念，猶名不覺，或立相似隨分等名。至此念盡，已覺初相，故名始覺。是知直待合同本覺心源，故名究竟覺，智淨相等並同是始覺也。

Regarding "reaching to" and what follows: this discerns the reason for naming it simply "enlightenment". Because once the actualized and the original merge, there are no two marks, and because there are no two marks there is only one enlightenment; hence the text below states: "There is also no difference of actualized enlightenment, because the four marks are primordially equal, being the same single enlightenment." Regarding "furthermore, this" and what follows: explaining according to a distinct meaning. The preceding section discerned the reason for the single enlightenment; this section discerns the reason for actualized enlightenment. The intention is to clarify that this passage of the treatise explains actualized enlightenment: because actualization arises in reliance upon the original and actualization returns to identity with the original, it is named actualized enlightenment. Because it attains for the first time the enlightenment of thoughtlessness, it is named true actualized enlightenment. Although what came before was also called actualized enlightenment, because it had not yet transcended thought it was still named non-enlightenment, or designated by names such as resembling or partial [enlightenment]. Reaching this point, thought is exhausted and the initial mark is already awakened to; hence it is named actualized enlightenment. One should know that only when it directly merges into the mind-source of original enlightenment is it named ultimate enlightenment; the mark of purity of wisdom and the like are all alike actualized enlightenment.