起信論疏筆削記 10.6

10.6

'The Mahāyānasaṃgraha…' is the second part: adducing proofs, which has two parts: first, citing the Mahāyānasaṃgraha. The first two lines present the metaphor, and the latter two lines match it with the Dharma. Because sleeping for an instant creates a dream of many years—as someone said: 'In the space of a single dream, one passes through three lifetimes, receiving bodies in saṃsāra'—this is what it means. 'Herein…' points out the intent of the cited text, meaning: the events of a dream spanning years do not go beyond an instant; boundless saṃsāra does not go beyond a kṣaṇa. That treatise's 'kṣaṇa' is precisely the present 'freedom from thought'; pointing to that indicates identity with this.