起信論疏筆削記 14.39

14.39

"All reveal," and so forth: It is also possible that not increasing or decreasing, and not arising or ceasing, are both reasons that reveal constancy and eternity. Furthermore, only non-arising and non-ceasing is non-increasing and non-decreasing, and ultimately constant and eternal. If there were arising and ceasing, there would be increase and decrease, and it would not be constant and eternal. Furthermore, this phrase reveals neither defiled nor pure: it is not defiled when in bondage, and not pure when emerging from obstructions. Were it not so, there would be mutation; how could it be called constant and eternal? Moreover, because it is "such" (tathā) there is no increase or decrease; because it is "real" (bhūta) there is no arising or ceasing; the latter phrase summarizes them. Furthermore, these three meanings correspond precisely to the preceding text's "ultimately equal, without mutation, and indestructible," matching them respectively.