起信論疏筆削記 19.37

19.37

Under "Manifesting bodily forms," the treatise first presents manifesting physical forms, such as Upagupta causing Māra to manifest the Buddha's physical form, so that the eightfold assembly accompanying him bowed down unconsciously, and so forth. From "If they speak" onward is preaching the Dharma. "Dhāraṇī" translates as "warding off and upholding," meaning upholding goodness and warding off evil. However, there are multisyllabic, single-syllable, and non-syllabic ones; those spoken by Māra should only be the former two, because not knowing mind-only, he cannot preach the non-syllabic. "Equanimity up to wishlessness" refers to the three gates of liberation. From "without enmity" onward reveals the meaning of emptiness, which can be understood. This māra can only speak of them but cannot realize them. Tiantai says: "Māra can speak of the distinct emptiness, conventionality, and the middle, but cannot realize them."