起信論疏筆削記 11.3

11.3

Second, explaining them. Within the explanation there are two: first, in the commentary's text there are eleven levels of metaphors matching [the doctrines]; the doctrinal aspects are clear and luminous, easy to understand upon following the text. However, this metaphor of the visual cataracts is also not completely similar. If one compares and illustrates from beginning to end, none is more apt than the metaphor of the dream, which has already appeared in the preceding text. 'All due to the power of ignorance': as the text below says, 'One should know that ignorance can produce all defiled dharmas.'