起信論疏筆削記 1.30

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1.30

As for 'the three periods, etc.': 'Period' (ji) means time limit. 'Mo' means without. 'Change' (yi) means alter and transform. Although the three periods are dharmas that can change, they can only alter and transform the saṃskṛta, making it change. The mind is not saṃskṛta, so they cannot change it. The *Vimalakīrti-nirdeśa* says: 'It is only by virtue of words and numbers that the three periods of time are spoken of, not that bodhi has past, future, or present.'

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