起信論疏筆削記 13.29

13.29

"Six defilements..." and so forth: Earlier it was said: "One should know that avidyā is able to produce all defiled dharmas, because all defiled dharmas are marks of non-enlightenment." "Penetrating the worldly consciousness (shishi)" refers to the mark of cognition, because it supports and perfumes branch-and-clover avidyā, causing thoughts to continue, arousing self-grasping, and creating karma to undergo retribution. The karma-consciousness can support and perfume fundamental avidyā, causing it to arouse the transforming and manifesting [consciousnesses]. "Now based on..." clarifies mentioning the subtle to subsume the coarse: merely mentioning the subtlety of the karma-consciousness naturally subsumes the coarseness of the worldly consciousness. "The cognized objects of the worldly consciousness": because these six dusts can perfume and stir the ocean of the mind, arousing waves of the various consciousnesses, increasing thoughts and grasping, and generating various faults.