起信論疏筆削記 11.7

11.7

First, designating the name. The treatise says: 'The mark of ignorance-karma': the intention is to express that these two do not have different essences. How is this known? Previously it was said that where the mark of karma is exhausted, one immediately sees the mind-nature and accomplishes ultimate enlightenment. It is only in terms of their aspects of meaning that they are said to rely on each other; to reveal that their essence has no distinction, they are now presented together. Furthermore, to distinguish it from the mark of karma that follows defilement in original enlightenment, it is called the 'mark of ignorance-karma', revealing that both enlightenment and non-enlightenment have marks of karma, yet true and deluded are different.