大乘起信論裂網疏 5.95

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The 'true mind' is the fundamental wisdom associated with the sixth and seventh consciousnesses. 'Free of conceptual discrimination' means realizing the true from thought-moment to thought-moment. The 'expedient mind' is the subsequently attained wisdom associated with the sixth and seventh consciousnesses. 'Effortlessly benefiting others' means that from thought-moment to thought-moment it activates functions, causing the front five consciousnesses to equally accomplish transformative functions. The 'karmic consciousness mind' is the eighth maturation consciousness. 'Subtly arising and ceasing' means that because the seeds of ignorance are not yet exhausted, internal perfuming by wisdom causes them to gradually cease; as seeds of wisdom partially arise, seeds of delusion partially cease, which is precisely what is called the mark of inconceivable inconceivable transformation saṃsāra. Here, the true mind is the aforementioned upright mind. This expedient mind is the two aforementioned minds of profound gravity and great compassion. This karmic consciousness mind is the fundamental support of the three preceding minds. Previously, in clarifying the generation of aspiration upon the completion of faith, it was treated solely in terms of that which is capable of generating [the mind]; hence all three minds were functions of the wondrously observing wisdom. Now, in clarifying the mental marks present within realization, the meaning encompasses both the subjective and the objective; thus there are differences in division and combination, detail and brevity, from before. The first part, clarifying partial realization, is concluded.