大乘起信論略述 2.36

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論。平等緣者至而現作業　述曰。次顯平等緣。於中有二。先明能作緣者。後釋平等義。此初也。言菩薩者。謂初地上。入地方證同體智故。皆願度者。平等心也。由此願度一切眾生。自然等者。常用應機任運熏習常無斷也。以同體等者。由得眾生平等體故。求滅他苦求滅自苦。如應見聞現作業用。

[Treatise:] Regarding equal conditions […] manifesting their activities.
[Exposition:] Next, equal conditions are displayed. In this there are two parts: first, clarifying those who can act as conditions; next, explaining the meaning of "equality." This is the first. Saying "bodhisattvas" refers to those of the first bhūmi and above, for upon entering the bhūmis they first realize the cognition of identical essence. "All wishing to deliver" refers to an equal mind; through this they wish to deliver all sentient beings. "Spontaneous" and so on means that their constant function responds to capacities, effortlessly perfuming without interruption. "By virtue of identical essence" and so on means that by obtaining the equal essence of sentient beings, in seeking to extinguish others' suffering they seek to extinguish their own suffering, and as appropriate for seeing and hearing, they manifest activities and functions.