大乘起信論裂網疏 1.25

1.25

作因，梁云「因緣」，所謂四悉檀因緣。諸佛菩薩若無四悉因緣，不說法也。立義，謂依境顯諦，竪大乘之正法。解釋，謂種種開示，闡所立之實義。修信，梁云「修行信心」，謂策進初機，令其依解起行。利益，梁云「勸修利益」，謂結明此論功能，令人希慕信向也。此中一作因者，是總明四悉因緣。二立義者，為上根人舉便知有，是約第一義說。三解釋者，為中根人微細剖析，令其永斷疑執，隨文入證，是約對治義說。四修信者，為下根人策進修習，令其依解起行，是約為人義說。五利益者，為未種善根人稱歎功德，止息誹謗，令其歡喜向慕，是約世界義說。又就一人次第獲益言之。二立義者，令知摩訶衍義，即是一切眾生之心，不俟他求，得歡喜益。三解釋者，令於一心二門，解如實義，得生善益。四修信者，令其妙解，不同說食數寶，得滅惡益。五利益者，令知同於諸佛菩薩所修所證，得入理益。此皆一往分別，實則分分皆具四悉檀也。又作因是序分，立義等三是正宗分，別益是流通分。初歸敬述意竟。

"Making the causes": Liang [version] says "causes and conditions," namely the causes and conditions of the four siddhāntas. If Buddhas and bodhisattvas lack the causes and conditions of the four siddhāntas, they do not preach the Dharma. "Establishing the meaning" means relying on the objective realm to reveal the truth, erecting the correct Dharma of the Mahāyāna. "Explaining and interpreting" means various instructions, expounding the real meaning that has been established. "Cultivating faith": Liang says "cultivating practice and faith," meaning urging forward beginner faculties to cause them to initiate practice based on understanding. "The benefits": Liang says "exhorting practice and benefits," meaning concluding by making clear the efficacy of this treatise to make people aspire to it and turn towards it with faith. Herein, the first, making the causes, generally makes clear the causes and conditions of the four siddhāntas. The second, establishing the meaning, is spoken in terms of the supreme-truth [siddhānta], since for those of superior faculties it need only be raised for them to know it is there. The third, explaining and interpreting, is spoken in terms of the counteractive [siddhānta], subtly dissecting for those of middling faculties to cause them to sever doubt and grasping forever and enter realization according to the text. The fourth, cultivating faith, is spoken in terms of the individual-adaptation [siddhānta], urging forward cultivation for those of lower faculties to cause them to initiate practice based on understanding. The fifth, the benefits, is spoken in terms of the worldly [siddhānta], praising virtues and halting slander for those who have not yet planted roots of goodness to cause them to rejoice and aspire to it. Furthermore, speaking of a single person obtaining benefits in sequence: the second, establishing the meaning, causes one to know that the meaning of Mahāyāna is simply the mind of all sentient beings without having to seek elsewhere, obtaining the benefit of rejoicing; the third, explaining and interpreting, causes one to understand the true meaning regarding the one mind and two aspects, obtaining the benefit of generating goodness; the fourth, cultivating faith, causes one's wondrous understanding not to be like reciting recipes and counting another's treasures, obtaining the benefit of eradicating evil; the fifth, the benefits, causes one to know one is equal to what is cultivated and realized by Buddhas and bodhisattvas, obtaining the benefit of entering principle. These are all tentative distinctions; in reality, each and every part fully possesses the four siddhāntas. Furthermore, "making the causes" is the preface; the three beginning with "establishing the meaning" are the main body; the specific benefits are the dissemination section. The initial section on taking refuge and stating intent is concluded.