起信論疏筆削記 14.18

14.18

First, the causes for evoking function. On the Commentary's "Persons with capacity and desire": this person is a capacity with the desire to cultivate and advance, namely, all those who seek the three vehicles. "The essence of the external condition": namely, bodhisattvas from the three worthies upward and Buddhas, because they are all able to act as this condition. "The time of cultivation": this means the time when one first gives rise to revulsion and seeking, and cultivates roots of virtue. Within this, there are differences in initiating the intention to seek the paths and fruits of the three vehicles.