起信論疏筆削記 4.3

4.3

Second, explaining "Bodhisattva." "Called in full..." and so forth: because the customs of this region did not value the Sanskrit sounds, the Sanskrit was retained; disliking prolixity and preferring brevity, the two characters ti-duo [sattva] were also eliminated, and on this basis one simply says "Pusa" (bodhisattva). "Also": this follows the preceding pattern of meanings, following the three meanings of Aśvaghoṣa above. That which is sought is the Buddha, and the Buddha is precisely awakening (bodhi). Those who are delivered are sentient beings, and beings are precisely sentient beings (sattva). This fully takes the object of that which is sought and delivered to manifest the person who seeks and delivers; this is a bahuvrīhi compound. "The wisdom of awakening" is the wisdom of actualized enlightenment. "Consciousness of emotional deliberation" refers to the consciousnesses such as the six defilements. This also fully takes all the wisdom of awakening and the emotional consciousness possessed to establish the name of the possessor; this too is a bahuvrīhi compound. That which is sought is the Buddha's wisdom, and the Buddha's wisdom is precisely bodhi; that which seeks is one's own body, and one's own body is precisely a sattva. This is a sattva that seeks bodhi, using the superior to reveal the inferior; this is a tatpuruṣa compound. Among these three meanings, the first is strictly in terms of the object; the second is strictly in terms of the mind; the last is in terms of both mind and object. Furthermore, the first is in terms of compassion and wisdom; the second is in terms of the true and the deluded; the third is in terms of person and dharma. Therefore, by clarifying "bodhisattva" in terms of mind and object, compassion and wisdom, true and deluded, person and dharma, the principle is exhausted without remainder. Furthermore, the Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa states: "Bodhi is unsurpassed wisdom; it is also called awakening, and it is also called the path. Sattva means sentient being, or great mind, or courageous mind." The Minor Prajñāpāramitā states: "Because of awakening to all dharmas without obstruction, one is named a bodhisattva; because one will serve as the leader for the great assembly, one is named a mahāsattva." The Daoxing [bore jing] states: "Because this person fully understands all dharmas, they are called a bodhisattva; being the most venerable and superior in the heavens and on earth, they are called a mahāsattva."