起信論疏筆削記 13.39

13.39

Regarding the treatise's "Because there are deluded sense-objects..." below: third is sense-objects perfuming the deluded mind. Regarding "Causing it..." below: this is the effect of deluded sense-objects perfuming. Because external sense-objects perfume it, they cause the internal mind to give rise to consecutive thoughts of conceptual differentiation, grasping and reckoning names, creating wholesome and unwholesome karma, and receiving retributions in the three realms and so forth; because the three realms lack peace, it is called suffering. It is like an evil person, being drawn along by wealth and goods, indulging in theft to the point of being exposed and suffering the perils of prison and execution. Regarding the commentary's "the latter two are identical": looking from this to that, both are called karma and suffering. Regarding "Relying on afflictions..." below: this explains the meaning of their names being identical above. The above three layers of interlocking links are continuous: namely, avidyā perfumes tathatā, giving rise to the deluded mind; the deluded mind perfumes avidyā, manifesting sense-objects; sense-objects perfume the deluded mind, giving rise to thought and attachment, creating karma, and receiving retribution. Here, the conditions of defilement are fully sufficient, reaching the culmination of the nine marks, and therefore it stops here.