大乘起信論裂網疏 5.83

5.83

Discussed in terms of perfect integration, it merely identifies the four expedient practices within the perfection of faith as the six perfections. That is, here, according with the dharmatā is the fundamental expedient of practice; here, being free from marks of stinginess and greed, free from the sense objects of the five desires, and so forth, is the expedient capable of halting; here, cultivating generosity, morality, and so forth, is the expedient of generating and growing good roots; here, the six pāramitās must be for delivering sentient beings, which is the expedient of great vows and equality. For now, discussed tentatively in terms of gradual sequence, it is therefore said to 'turn increasingly superior.'

'The first incalculable kalpa is about to be fulfilled' means that the provisions are completed, and one is about to enter the stage of applied practice. 'A deep understanding is attained within tathatā' means that using the two contemplations as the path of expedients, one is able to enter the contemplation of the supreme truth of the middle way. 'All cultivated practices are free of attachment' means directing phenomena toward principle, and even directing cause toward effect, being attached neither to the three realms of existence nor to the two vehicles.