大乘起信論裂網疏 1.28

1.28

"The general aspect" is not only the general aspect of this treatise, but is the general aspect of all Buddhas and bodhisattvas preaching the Dharma. Causing sentient beings to leave behind the suffering of the causes and fruits of fragmented and transformational [birth and death], and to attain the ultimate bliss of bodhi and nirvāṇa, is the meaning of benefiting others. Not seeking gain, reputation, veneration, and the like out of greed, is the meaning of abandoning faults. Having oneself abandoned all faults and being able to benefit sentient beings, one may then compose a treatise and propagate the Dharma; otherwise, it is called trafficking in the Tathāgata.