起信論疏筆削記 5.45

5.45

First, the capacities. [Regarding] the treatise's statement, "Their minds delight in dhāraṇī," there are also two meanings: first, having heard little, they understand much, and therefore do not rely on copious explanations; second, their mental capacities are inferior and weak, and they are incapable of accepting and holding broad expositions. This is fully explained in the commentary text. The intention of the treatise's text, between the broad and the concise, also takes each former meaning as correct. Thus, among those who attain understanding through sūtras and treatises, there are both sharp and dull capacities in each case. Those who understand by relying merely on a concise explanation are sharp, while those who require a broad explanation are dull. If one explains this through the four propositions of having retention of text or retention of meaning, that is a different point.