起信論疏筆削記 18.14

18.14

[Treatise:] "In this way..." and below: third, the application of the simile. [Commentary:] "Clarifying that lack [of capacity]..." means: the treatise's word "defilement" refers solely to the defilement that obstructs seeing the Buddha; that is, lacking the receptive capacity. "Sunakṣatra..." and below cites an example. This person was born in the Buddha's era, was a disciple of the Buddha, and constantly saw the Buddha's physical body. Yet, because afflictions were actively manifested and he gave rise to evil, he was reborn falling into hell, as the Nirvāṇa-sūtra explains.