起信論疏筆削記 8.58

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8.58

Treatise: "What is termed...", second: first, directly revealing the essence of enlightenment. Under "It means that the mind...", it indicates [it]. Commentary: Regarding "free from...": the mind-essence is real, originally intelligent and perceptive of itself. Thought marks are false, dark and ignorant from the beginning. If the mind has thoughts, this is called darkness and ignorance, and is termed non-enlightenment; once the mind is free from thoughts, there is no darkness or ignorance, only the one spiritual awareness, which is termed enlightenment. Furthermore, saying that its essence is free [from thought] means that one should know it is originally nonexistent. Because it is originally nonexistent, it is termed original enlightenment.

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起信論疏筆削記 — Classical Chinese