起信論疏筆削記 9.17

9.17

Second, explaining the text, in two parts: First, general, in three parts: First, general account of the arising of delusion, in two parts: First, proper account. "To trace the origin" (yuan) has the meaning of probing to the bottom. "Now" (fu) is an initial particle. It means probing to the bottom of the causes of these four marks, which are fundamentally formed on the basis of deluded mind. Or both characters are the beginning of an utterance. Below "the mind-nature": recounting the mind-essence that is deluded about, which is the aspect of tathatā, as the previous text says: "What is called the mind-nature is neither produced nor destroyed," down to "separated from marks of mental cognition," and so forth. Below "yet there is": explaining that delusion constitutes production and destruction, which is the aspect of production and destruction, as stated previously: "Relying on the tathāgatagarbha, there is the mind of production and destruction," and so forth.