起信論疏筆削記 13.3

13.3

[On the section] "Briefly Revealing [the Marks]."

Commentary: Regarding "the production and cessation of marks," discriminating between defiled and pure, reflecting upon the three times, holding views of a personal self and attachment, and blazes of greed and anger are discernible upon inspection, and hence they are called "marks." "Dharmas non-concomitant with the mind": the single word "dharmas" extends to mental associates and cognitive objects—that is, dharmas employed by the mind (caittas) and dharmas cognized by the mind, as can be known from the preceding. Regarding "the production and cessation of the continuous flow," it resembles smoothly flowing water, appearing calm and placid from a distance. Hence the Saṃdhinirmocana-sūtra states: "The ādānavijñāna is extremely subtle; all seeds are like a torrent." The Miśrakābhidharmahṛdaya states: "Continuing in similarity, one does not recognize impermanence." However, in this treatise, phrased as "concomitant with the mind" and so forth, taking the meaning is awkward because of the single word "with" (yu); this was because the translators did not polish it carefully. The later translation simply says: "First is the coarse, meaning the concomitant mind; second is the subtle, meaning the non-concomitant mind." These words are far more convenient.