起信論疏筆削記 14.47

14.47

Within the answer: First, the direct clarification. The treatise states: "Although truly..." onward—this concedes the differentiated marks of the present text. "Yet without..." onward—this does not contradict the meaning of equality in the previous gateway. "Equally of one taste"—"equally" means on a par, referring to the preceding differentiated dharmas. "One" means that all dharmas lack self-nature and are only the one tathatā. "One taste" clarifies by metaphor, like the eight virtues of water being of one taste without difference. "One tathatā" is the doctrinal explanation. The commentary also clarifies both doctrinally and metaphorically.