大乘起信論略述 2.26

2.26

論。眾生亦爾至則無是處　述曰。次下法合。於中有三。初明闕緣。次顯闕因。後因緣。具此初也。

[Treatise:] Sentient beings are also like this: [...] there is no such possibility. [Commentary:] Next below is the application of the metaphor. There are three parts: first clarifying the lack of conditions, next showing the lack of causes, and finally [showing] the conjunction of causes and conditions. This is the first.