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大乘起信論略述 2.78

大乘起信論略述 2.78

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Classical Chinese

2.78

論。又初發意至法身位故 述曰。下顯報身。於中有二。先明地前所見。後顯地上所見。此初也。前明報身通地前後所見而說。今欲簡比異於證故重明報身。十解已上依比觀門見真如理。故言深信真如理也。以非親證是相似覺。言少分見。以見真如異凡小。故知色相等元來去等。以依比觀而得深解。未入法身證真位故。而此菩薩由分別也。

[Treatise:] Moreover, the newly aspiring [bodhisattvas] ... because it is the rank of the dharmakāya.
[Exposition:] Next, revealing the enjoyment body. In this there are two: first, explaining what is seen prior to the bhūmis; next, revealing what is seen on the bhūmis. This is the first. Previously, in explaining the enjoyment body, it was spoken of generally in terms of what is seen both before and on the bhūmis. Now, wishing to distinguish inference from realization, the enjoyment body is explained again. From the ten understandings upwards, by relying on the gate of inferential contemplation they see the principle of suchness; hence it says "deeply faith in the principle of suchness." Because it is not direct realization but resemblance awakening, it says "see a small portion." Because they see suchness and are distinct from ordinary beings and the lesser [vehicle], they know that marks of form and the like originally neither come nor go. Because they attain profound understanding by relying on inferential contemplation, and have not yet entered the rank of the dharmakāya that realizes truth, these bodhisattvas still conceptualize.

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