起信論疏筆削記 6.11

6.11

Under the treatise's statement, "supramundane dharmas," the commentary text has two parts: first, a general account of the intention. The first sentence marks and points to it; the rest is the direct account. The essence is the gate of tathatā, and the marks are the gate of arising and ceasing; the two gates subsume each other and do not abandon or separate from each other, hence it is said to be "unhindered." "Defilement and purity relying upon the same": within the two gates each subsumes defilement and purity; the gate of tathatā is the common mark of defilement and purity, while the gate of arising and ceasing distinctively reveals defilement and purity; though the common and distinctive differ, they do not go beyond the One Mind, hence it is said that they "rely upon the same." "Following the flow" refers to non-enlightenment being deluded about the real, leading to creating karma and undergoing retribution. "Countering the flow" refers to actualized enlightenment reversing defilement, extending to bodhi and nirvāṇa. Although delusion and enlightenment differ, only this mind turns; hence the sūtra says: "The beginningless realm is the reliance of all dharmas; because of this, there are all destinies and the realization of the fruition of nirvāṇa." Therefore the ten thousand dharmas are mind-only, and the mind is precisely the master; hence delusion and enlightenment are both the workings of the mind.