大乘起信論略述 1.15

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論。答曰是因緣有八種　述曰。下答有三。初舉數總答。次依數辨義。後結答所問。此初也。

[Treatise:] "Answer: These causes and conditions are of eight kinds." / [Exposition:] The answer below has three sections: first, giving the number to answer collectively; next, distinguishing the meanings according to the number; later, concluding the answer to what was questioned. This is the first.